I live in an apartment that provides WiFi that has MAC address whitelisting with a cost per MAC address slot.

What hardware/software can I use to connect to their network and rebroadcast in a new network so that all my devices can connect but the WiFi provider only sees one MAC address connecting?

I’ve tried a WiFi range extender but it appears to be forwarding the MAC address of the my devices

To be clear, the ISP broadcasts its own SSIDs throughout the apartment block and I don’t have access to any physical network sockets

  • zikk_transport2@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Isn’t “MAC NAT” you are after? I’ve seen Mikrotik has this feature to perform NAT for bridge devices. EDIT: no, since your ISP might check at DHCP leases and realise that you are cheating. Go with regular router instead.

    Also regular router would be sufficient IMO. Also don’t forget to set static TTL value so your “ISP” doesn’t see that you have a router between your devices.

    Also create MAC address and save it. Always change it before connecting - you will have less trouble.