dna23
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Basically if i were to copy someone elses Mac Address on our network would there internet still work? It'd simply share the bandwidth between us or would it cut them off completely as only 1 pc at a time can have that mac address.
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Steve
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you would get a conflict
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James
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You can't change the MAC address, it's programmed into the NIC card.
Sure you dont mean the IP?
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dna23
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No, as far as I'm aware you can change your MAC Address James, its available in the options on your NIC or you can use various programs....
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James
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Sorry my bad 
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dna23
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 Basically we have to pay an extra £100 on top of the existing £200 compulsory for our web to take it from a 56k to a 2 meg line...
A friend of mine has paid and basically if i use his mac address i can get his 2 meg line but he's then having issues with his web - but i was downloading a shed load of files at 200k/sec
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willay
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There will be a conflict if both machines are online on the same subnet with the same MAC Address.
No 3rd party programs are needed to change your mac address, you can do it in the network card settings under 'locally administrative address'
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willay
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dna23, you could proxy your internet connection through his machine so it looks like you are coming from his machine 
Try looking for something like: http://www.privoxy.org/
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dna23
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 thanks willay
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Dom
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yup was just about to say you could proxy through his system, though it's a bit cheeky if hes paying an extra 100 beer tokens for you to nab his connection
another proxy program is CProxy, it's free for 3 clients/systems and works pretty well (as found out last year in halls).
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