[kclay]

I remember in college they had some data cap on our dorm internet. Just getting a Windows update could block you out for a while or completely. Well I got tired of it and for some reason looked up how to change my Mac address. I'm not sure how I figured it out but I realized that changing my Mac address would regain me access..

What I didn't know is that I would pick a random address that would knock off one of the higher ups net. Let me tell you, they did not like that one bit.

I came back one day to my room mate saying that they raided my room trying to get into my pc. I ended up walking into the Dean's office of student Life and ended up explaining how I got back online. The head of IT didn't believe me saying you couldn't change your IP by changing your Mac address let alone that changing your Mac address was even possible. I didn't even bother trying to prove it. Mind you they also printed out like 200 pages of IRC logs.. I kept that open all day while in class so who knows what it captured.

In the end I got the Kevin Mitnick treatment and they prevented me from using my dorm net as well as any campus PC. I just got a long cat 5 cable and ran it into the other room. What was odd was they were ok with letting me do my work study which gave me access to the school website. I guess they rather let me do that then fool around with other stuff.

Fun times.