Thanks for the replies guys!

chill;683344 Wrote: 
> My own university does the same thing for guest access, but they also
> maintain a DHCP server that uses the MAC address of 'registered'
> equipment for authentication.  Is it possible that your network admins
> have a method of registering your SBT so that it is not sent a login
> prompt?

I sent an email to the IT guys on my campus yesterday asking if they
could register the MAC address.  I'm still waiting for a reply.

> You can do this with a local router as the campus authentication will be
> based on the first MAC address to hit it which would be the router's WAN
> address. You usually have to force your PC MAC address to be the same as
> the router's WAN address temporarily, plug it in in place of the router,
> authenticate and then plug the WAN side of the router in instead.
> 
> I've had to do this myself on a hotel network before.

Could I possibly do something like this with the SBT instead of the
router i.e. spoofing the SBT on the mac, authenticating then reverting
back to normal?


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