My girlfriend's laptop is always assigned the same IP address via DHCP. In order to get a new IP address I've tried getting a new MAC address and doing ip release/renew, but no luck.
Can anyone enlighten me on how DHCP identifies devices and assigns new IP addresses?
Our apartment building has an odd network sharing system in place. Basically 10 of us share a really fast connection. Our computers are registered via their mac addresses and allotted X GB up/down per month. Non-registered visitors are allotted 500 MB daily. This keeps us as a group under our bandwidth limit.
On weekends my girlfriend usually visits me. Only when she streams from Hulu does she have to worry about the 500mb limit. However recently I realized that our admin decided to attach her usage to my monthly allowance. I tried reasoning with him, but he wont' budge on the decision.
Outside of getting my own ISP, I was hoping I could change her mac/ip address so her computer would show up as a new machine/visitor on the network.
Can anyone enlighten me on how DHCP identifies devices and assigns new IP addresses?
Our apartment building has an odd network sharing system in place. Basically 10 of us share a really fast connection. Our computers are registered via their mac addresses and allotted X GB up/down per month. Non-registered visitors are allotted 500 MB daily. This keeps us as a group under our bandwidth limit.
On weekends my girlfriend usually visits me. Only when she streams from Hulu does she have to worry about the 500mb limit. However recently I realized that our admin decided to attach her usage to my monthly allowance. I tried reasoning with him, but he wont' budge on the decision.
Outside of getting my own ISP, I was hoping I could change her mac/ip address so her computer would show up as a new machine/visitor on the network.
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