Modem MAC address

chudfetal · 04-06-2020, 09:11

Hi,
Looking to know if there's a way to change MAC address of a modem/router or if there's a modem/router with a flashed firmware that allows that? I'm with talktalk paying for fibre but only getting 18mbps download speed but this is not what my post is about
Cheers

alanbjames · 04-06-2020, 23:33

Why would u need to change MAC address of a modem?

Even if u were to switch to another ISP the MAC of the modem shouldnt matter.

chudfetal · 05-06-2020, 21:34

Thanks for the reply m8. I got banned from using an app for no reason and can't get back into using it again and because my MAC and IP address is banned too. Tried VPN and different sim card but the ban is still in place

General Maximus · 07-06-2020, 11:05

Sim card? If your phone has been banned from doing something then I imagine it is the imei number or sim card which has been blocked and not the modem mac address or your ip address. Your ip address will be dynamic and is changeable so ip bans can be ineffectual and mac blocks don't work over the internet, only on local networks.

chudfetal · 07-06-2020, 22:53

How come MAC blocks don't work over the internet only on local networks? I tried 5 different sim cards with new numbers over VPN and they all got blocked! It could be imei number that got blocked because i needed my phone to receive the verification code after trying to use my pc to get into the app instead of installing the app and getting into it from my phone

General Maximus · 07-06-2020, 23:12

It's a complicated networking answer but suffice to say the internet doesnt run on mac addresses and local area networks (lans) do. If your phone is still being blocked when you arent using wifi (i.e. different ip address) and are using your providers internet connection (e.g. vodafone) then it has got to be the imei number. The only thing you can do is try a different handset. If you are using wifi it wont matter whether you have got a sim card in it or not.

chudfetal · 08-06-2020, 16:11

I think they've blocked all the three the network IP address and the MAC address of my pc and phone and the imei because i got blocked on my pc as well as soon as i entered the activation code that i received using a very old phone and a different number. I used to have a modem a while ago with flashed hacked firmware and i used to change the mac address of the modem by going into the firmware of the modem and change it there. If i could change the 3 above than i would be ok to go back in and use the app again

General Maximus · 08-06-2020, 16:27

they must really not want you to use that app

chudfetal · 08-06-2020, 18:15

Yeah lol they're cruel aren't they? That's what happens when the app has so many members. Does the router has its own mac address different from that of pc's?

General Maximus · 08-06-2020, 19:37

Every single device on the planet with a network connection has a mac address. It doesnt matter whether it is your phone, tablet, tv, pc, laptop, fridge, bluray player etc. It doesnt need to or have to be able to connect to the internet but if it has a network (ethernet) connection it has a mac address because that is what networks run on. Each port on the router has its own mac address.

chudfetal · 08-06-2020, 23:01

That's the mac address tinder ferkers see and the external/public IP address. The way round it is a modem with hacked firmware or a cheap phone with a new sim and a data no wifi