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Matth · 15-06-2004, 20:41

On some adapters, like my favourite Intel, you can change the MAC address - in the driver/config tool, it's called "Locally administered address"

http://www.mynetwatchman.com/pckidiot/chap04.htm
Two caveats - if you have LAA capability in your adapter - use an approved LAA address format, and randomize the address so there's less chance of a collision with somebody else doing the same.
The address you get (after registering the new MAC address - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d...tips/swap.html ) may be WORSE - and you are interfering with the normal functioning of the allocation scheme.

If you are under a particularly heavy and repeating probe load from an NTL IP address - report it. http://www.ntlworld.com/netreport/
It's really only worth reporting, if it stands out against the general background - there are so many worms and opportunist probers around, that you'll never get it completely quiet.

15-06-2004, 20:41	#9
Matth Inactive Join Date: Mar 2004 Services: BB:M, TV:XL, Phone:M, Loyalty Posts: 2,516	Re: Any way I can change my IP? On some adapters, like my favourite Intel, you can change the MAC address - in the driver/config tool, it's called "Locally administered address" http://www.mynetwatchman.com/pckidiot/chap04.htm Two caveats - if you have LAA capability in your adapter - use an approved LAA address format, and randomize the address so there's less chance of a collision with somebody else doing the same. The address you get (after registering the new MAC address - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d...tips/swap.html ) may be WORSE - and you are interfering with the normal functioning of the allocation scheme. If you are under a particularly heavy and repeating probe load from an NTL IP address - report it. http://www.ntlworld.com/netreport/ It's really only worth reporting, if it stands out against the general background - there are so many worms and opportunist probers around, that you'll never get it completely quiet.