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Changing my IP Address/MAC Address

Hello,

My ISP (Shaw) assigns dynamic IP addresses. I would like to be able to change it at anytime. I connect to the internet on my Mac wirelessly through my Airport Extreme Base Station.

I emailed Shaw, and they said unplugging the cable modem only resets IP address information in the modem, but does not change my IP address. This is part of the email they sent me; "IP addresses are also assigned based on your network cards unique mac address. If your network card driver or router has the option of manually changing its mac address you can randomly assign yourself a new ip address".

So, my question is, how do I change the MAC address on either my AEBS or my Mac?

Thanks in advance for any help 🙂

Tom

Macbook Pro 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Dec 31, 2009 4:36 PM

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Posted on Dec 31, 2009 8:53 PM

There is no way to change the MAC address of the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS). Since your AEBS is connected directly to the cable modem not the Mac, changing the MAC address of the Mac (if possible) would not help you.
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Mar 30, 2010 11:21 AM in response to Raziel1

So there is no way through AirPort Utility to change your WAN IP address? This is such a normal function through other routers (DLink, Netgear, Linksys) that I'm surprised it's not available. The Netgear web utility has two buttons: one to release the current connection and a second to connect.

I'm wondering if there's any way to "instruct" the AEBS to do this using Terminal and sending commands the the routers LAN IP address. I might have to return this product if I cannot control it properly.

Mar 30, 2010 5:47 PM in response to Norman Lemieux

+I'm wondering if there's any way to "instruct" the AEBS to do this using Terminal and sending commands the the routers LAN IP address. I might have to return this product if I cannot control it properly.+

Don't think that this is possible. If you require these services, you will probably need a router from another manufacturer.

Changing my IP Address/MAC Address

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