Next, some software can only be installed and run on systems with a pre-defined MAC address. By spoofing the MAC address to the address that was registered by the ISP, a user can work around the ISP limitation. When you wish to connect a new device to your network, the ISP may not grant access to a device with a different MAC address than those already registered to the ISP.
MAC spoofing means that you’re changing a computer’s identity and it can be done for a number of reasons.įirst, some Internet Service Providers (ISPs) want to register a client computer’s MAC address for service and billing services. This is a technique for changing the factory-assigned physical Media Access Control (MAC) address of a network interface on a networked device to a random address.
In this article, we’ll show you how to spoof a MAC address on a macOS computer running High Sierra.
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