About Mac address and eb and pp ?

[vp.racer]

I read a lot, but still i'm not finding the answer of my question.
Does eb an pp track us by MAC address ? Did i have to change my MAC address with every new account ? And wich MAC address - of my PC or my router ?

[slim jim]

no they do not, not yet at least

[pancho]

I read a lot, but still i'm not finding the answer of my question.
Does eb an pp track us by MAC address ?
No

Did i have to change my MAC address with every new account ?
NO

And which MAC address - of my PC or my router ?
Router

Please read the book again and again

[slim jim]

Originally Posted by pancho

I read a lot, but still i'm not finding the answer of my question.
Does eb an pp track us by MAC address ?
No

Did i have to change my MAC address with every new account ?
NO

And which MAC address - of my PC or my router ?
Router

Please read the book again and again

you are giving conflicting answers. you are saying that they don't track mac addresses but yet you say they need to change it with every account. it is NOT necessary to change mac address with eb/pp

[pancho]

You are right!!

Miss typed.

Answer to #2 is: No

Since MAC is not traced, no need to change.

[BiN4RY]

Then please edit out your post to avoid future confusion

[JomJarr]

Reading the book implies that a particular router MAC will retain with it a particular IP with your ISP when that router is reconnected.

Is this the case?

[BiN4RY]

I'm not fully understanding what you're saying.

Those router/modem combined devices that the ISP gives you usually has a MAC address which you cannot change.

Some ISPs will only allow you to access internet with a specific registered MAC address.

Other than that, no.

[pancho]

@Jomjar

Some routers allow you to change the MAC address. So like in the book, you can change it slightly and reset it after. This may help in obtaining a new IP address. Other routers also allow you to use the computer's MAC address instead of the router's.

To answer your question, yes, it probably will retain the same IP address if you don't change the MAC.

[JomJarr]

Under the section:

How to Retain an IP Address with your MAC Address:

.... To retain your IP address the idea is to write down your Mac Address for future use when working on your eBay accounts. And to change your IP Address, simply update your Router Mac Address to a Mac Address you saved, and then reset your cable or DSL modem to accept the changes. You can switch back and forth between Mac Addresses and reset the modem to accept the new IP Address...

The word "Retain" in the title and text is key here.. "Retain" implies "forever associated with" in this context. There's no other reason to use that word..


To me, that implies that each different Mac address retains the associated IP address when you switch it back again. i.e. you have MAC A=IP 1 then MAC B=IP 2. When you go back to MAC A again, you get back IP 1 (not a completely new IP).

Is that the correct understanding, or is it just written in an odd way, using the wrong words?

Personally, at the moment, I just click on a button within my router/modem settings that says "refresh IP" and I get a new one. But if I could recall previously used IP address on purpose by fiddling with MAC address, that would be great! (fewer IPs to log in my Excel spreadsheet).

[GreenBean]

Preferable to say what equipment you are using,JomJarr.

A few variables otherwise

[JomJarr]

My router is a 2Wire job that was given out to BT Business ISP subscribers - I've picked up 3 in total at recycling points were I live to make sure I have spares. Am using it with Plusnet.

There's good option to just reset the IP address from within the router settings which you can do from your browser. Nice and easy!

But, if one could retain an IP address conected to a particular MAC address, then perhaps swapping routers would be better (if more time consuming).

I'm in the planning stages at the moment, sorting things out before I start stealthing again. Got burned before, desperately trying to place a bid on some bargain or other whilst out and about and logging in and out between eB accounts on my phone and random wifi on one afternoon.

[Stigger]

Originally Posted by JomJarr

Under the section:


The word "Retain" in the title and text is key here.. "Retain" implies "forever associated with" in this context. There's no other reason to use that word..


To me, that implies that each different Mac address retains the associated IP address when you switch it back again. i.e. you have MAC A=IP 1 then MAC B=IP 2. When you go back to MAC A again, you get back IP 1 (not a completely new IP).

Is that the correct understanding, or is it just written in an odd way, using the wrong words?

Personally, at the moment, I just click on a button within my router/modem settings that says "refresh IP" and I get a new one. But if I could recall previously used IP address on purpose by fiddling with MAC address, that would be great! (fewer IPs to log in my Excel spreadsheet).

no that is not the case.

You are assined an I.P pool (range of i.p's) not one single i.p
you are also given lease times , lease times are the time you have a single I.p after this least time it will change to another i.p in the i.p pool.

so it can work for a limited time but it will not last.