I'm currently stuck in a used bedroom infested with flies at the time of writing this.
My parents have decided to block internet whenever I try to move my PC back upstairs. Asking them wouldn't work out because it usually falls on deaf ears.
A few days ago, they moved it without my knowledge, and I noticed that my folding table was gone from my bedroom.
I'm planning to set it back up again, but they might turn my internet off when they catch me. I'm trying to get a few ideas and create a plan to move my PC back upstairs.
I found a few tutorials on getting through parental controls, but the tutorials are done on Windows and parental controls are set up using TP-Link.
Depending on the type of flies, an open container with apple cider vinegar (not white vinegar) and a drop or so of dish soap will lure flies in and they will drown. It helps with smaller flies.
As for the Internet, that's tough, no idea.
there's two possibilities for this wifi blocking:
- it's setup to only allow whitelisted devices, in this case you're fucked, only option is to pretend to be some whitelisted device
- it's a blacklist, in this case changing your mac address will make you appear to be a new device, anyone monitoring the device list could see the unknown device appear
Even if you did, what would you do when your parents saw you using the internet after they've cut you out? There's no special orogram for that.
What I would personally do is buy a device that can connected to wifi and hotspot at the same time. This can be a raspberry pi or a wifi router range extender.
I would set the name and MAC address to match a device that is constantly connected, a smart TV or Alexa maybe.
Then I would use this device connect to the internet.
Everything works as usual and for those who monitor the network via Router settings, nothing looks different.
Have fun pulling risky moves and maybe also learn something out of it.
One of these is $40 USD, and can be configured to provide a VPN for all through-traffic. They're small, portable, discrete, and cheap. I love these devices. The slightly more expensive model gives you WiFi 6. They were designed as portable bridges for insecure locations, creating a private LAN; they are powered by USB-C, so could be run off a laptop.
This would be the first thing I'd try.
Deliberately duplicate a mac address, and worse, deliberately pick a device that's definitely going to be online in the same network segment?
At first I thought you were either trolling or profoundly ignorant.
Then I remembered that wifi is CSMA, and thought, hang on... is this actually a genius idea? Has this user come up with a hack that no-one else knows about? So I tried it.
It doesn't work. I couldn't even join.
So no, you are either trolling or ignorant.
Hers some discussion and links, for anyone interested: https://superuser.com/questions/1132935/duplicate-mac-on-a-wifi-network-problems
I think you are missing my point. The "pretending" device connects to router, while the "original" device connects to the pretending device. The 2 interfaces that share the same MAC don't connect to the same network.
The user also conncets to the pretending device. to hide their access to the router.
Ahhh, thanks! Please excuse my error - I am attempting to perform computation using a kilo of wet squidgy protein and fat.
Wait, what's a "used" bedroom? Why do you have a fly infestation in your room? Do you often leave food there or something? Sounds like it needs to be cleaned thoroughly.
Spoof your MAC address, but it will appear as a new device on the wi-fi which could arouse suspicion. Ideally you could spoof a familiar device that's not currently or often in use (i.e., parents' or siblings' old phone or laptop), but of course you would need to acquire the MAC and it wouldn't work while the actual device is connected.
I don't know how old you are or how much money you have to spend on this.
I don't know shit about tech. If I had to find a workaround, I'd buy my own portable modem and keep it secret.
Caveats of this method: you may need to be of a certain age to purchase one. (Perhaps second hand....? You will still need a card for it though). Second issue with this is, how much data are you going to use? This may not work if you are planning on gaming. But if you just need to browse the web discreetly, it will be good enough.
