Misc Has anyone attempted to abuse the Nintendo Zone streetpass relay?

[DSoryu]

I got it the accept the Bestbuy nintendo zone, even with a password, I just have no way of spoofing my Mac unless it begins with 02, and many other users will probably have the same issue, so if anyone wants to take the initiative :v

I'm trying with a program called TMAC v6, but everytime it changes the MAC adress, the Virtual Hotspot doesn't seem to work, it just disables the internet share , any solution for this?? Is for Windows 7/8

 

[someonewhodied]

EDIT: Did someone achieved to change the MAC of a virtual hotspot? If so please make us know and how you did it.

You can change it to anything that has the first section as 02 if you use a program called TMAC

If your wireless card supports it, just go to computer>Manage>Device manager>{wireless Card}>Properties>Advanced>(Network Address/Local Address/Custom Mac Address) and set it yourself. Mine doesn't.

I'm trying with a program called TMAC v6, but everytime it changes the MAC adress, the Virtual Hotspot doesn't seem to work, it just disables the internet share

, any solution for this?? Is for Windows 7/8

You change the mac of your wireless card, then reenable hostednetwork I think. I haven't done it successfully yet. (no streetpasses)

 

[Duo8]

Just setup a hostapd on ubuntu, 3DS detected it and has the mac changed, do you guys have the 3ds open or closed when you got a streetpass?
(Using 40:53:50:4F:4F:46)

I have it closed. Took me 10s after I turn on my soft ap to get a streetpass.

 

[dicamarques]

I have it closed. Took me 10s after I turn on my soft ap to get a streetpass.

damn it seems its not quite ready, back to googling

 

[DSoryu]

You can change it to anything that has the first section as 02 if you use a program called TMAC

If your wireless card supports it, just go to computer>Manage>Device manager>{wireless Card}>Properties>Advanced>(Network Address/Local Address/Custom Mac Address) and set it yourself. Mine doesn't.





You change the mac of your wireless card, then reenable hostednetwork I think. I haven't done it successfully yet. (no streetpasses)

Error, the hosted networl is not abailable... I supose that's a dead end

 

[Jimbolicious]

A guy on Reddit used a raspberry pi (wired to the internet) with a Wireless dongle (for the 3DS). Those things are amazing and another great idea for anyone kicking around how to do this. Ok, now I'm off to bed. Hope to pass you guys in the morning.

 

[dicamarques]

Well it seems somebunny is doing a script for those with linux which will help a lot for those with win7/8 that cant make an hotspot. Although YOU MUST have a compatible wifi dongle!

 

[signz]

I suggest Macshift. While it got no GUI, it's really easy to use. Example: macshift -i "NAMEOFYOURWIFIDEVICE" newmac without : or - (macshift -i "WLAN" 4053504F4F47). This way the connection of the dongle (as in my case) goes down for a sec and back up.

 

[LAA]

Seems like theres been success?!
Can anyone explain whats been happening?
I'm confused... ha ha.

 

[dicamarques]

Seems like theres been success?!
Can anyone explain whats been happening?
I'm confused... ha ha.

Basically people are getting streetpass from anywhere by using the same mac and using nzone relay

 

[Somebunny]

Okay, here is my script; it works only on Linux systems. Beyond standard suff that every distro should have, you will need: rfkill, dnsmasq, hostapd. If you have any of the last two running on your system, the script will kill them.

You will need to change at least two lines in the script to properly make use of your hardware (basically, the names of interfaces used for the internet access and the softAP). All further documentation that you may need is written as a comment in the script. The script works for me, and I hope it also works for you (crosses fingers). I have added a few addresses from the Google spreadsheet, and I have also provided some of my own MAC adresses. If you want to try it out for yourself, I've got a few addresses for you to try:

My smartphone: 7c:61:93:07:6c:25
My old dead WiFi card: f4:6d:04:a1:6b:86
My WiFi stick: 00:25:86:d1:d8:a3

It looks like we do not need the country code, after all, as I have just passed the addresses provided by jhjsaat and KaleoOmega without switching country codes. There must be another reason why some MACs do not work for some people (blocked ports? b*tchy ISP?).

Anyway, have fun, and I hope it answers some questions on how to set it up.

Edit (11. August 13): Updated script with a new version that fixes a rare bug with routing.

 

[Super.Nova]

So.
Does anyone have a comprehensive method to get StreetPasses from afar that works universally (or Win8)?
Believe me, if you think it's hard to find people with 3DS units in, say, America, you haven't been to the Middle East {:'(

 

[dicamarques]

Just got a hit, lets see the lucky one is :
RAFA FROM BRAZIL
Olá então como tás? (Hello, how are you?)

 

[FAST6191]

Seems like theres been success?!
Can anyone explain whats been happening?
I'm confused... ha ha.

At first I thought we were talking about making streetpass packet replays and streetpass darknets but that seems to have fallen by the wayside in favour of streetpass access point spoofing and abusing official replays.

Streetpass -- a function of the 3ds that allows 3ds that are in the vicinity of one another to exchange miis and messages. Tied to this are also various bonuses for various micro games on the menu itself.
Way back in the DS era Nintendo did a deal with various wifi sharing companies (fon, the cloud and whatnot) to allow the DS to use bandwidth for free (the DS is fairly identifiable by the mac address of it which led to a few interesting discussions in places, more on mac addresses later). Typically they are found in places like mcdonalds, at events and other such things.
http://www.3dbrew.org/wiki/Nintendo_Zone has some more on that.
Sliding forward a tiny bit said access points can be used to send something out into the world (or more accurately Nintendo's servers somewhere) and then anybody that connects to the same access point will get a streetpass hit like they were there at the same time. It works it seems by having the 3ds send the SSID of the wifi network (the list from a moment ago having a lot of them) and seemingly the mac address of the wifi access point to Nintendo's servers somewhere, someone else comes along and sends the same data and down comes the streetpass hit. The mac address should be unique or nearly unique to the router itself and not be broadcast outside the local network so Nintendo has seemingly relied upon that to ensure uniqueness.
Here people are changing their SSID to that of one on the list and a mac address which they then share.
The mac address is the stumbling point for a lot of people though -- typically it is hardcoded into the wifi card of whatever device is using it. However you can change it in various ways on the device itself (things like the original xbox actually took this from the EEPROM and 360 something similar hence why you could not share them between hacked xboxes and there were similar things on the PSP), in software on the PC (linux can do it easily hence a lot of people looking to that, windows typically locks down a lot of network functionality mainly as its only use is for hacking, getting data out of compromised PCs and no "legit" stuff though earlier versions like XP do OK at it, SignZ linked up what looks like a nice tool http://devices.natetrue.com/macshift/ though you can go manual if you want) and if you are lucky on software on the device itself.

The device itself is an interesting one, on your basic home router it is not that likely to happen (again there are few truly legit regions in home network environments to do this -- if you need it you need professional network gear which of course they are happy to sell you for 10x the price) but there are hacked firmwares for routers (DD-wrt being the most notable of these and the basis for a lot more) which will then allow you to actually change this as said hacked firmwares allow you most of the fun of professional gear but without the price tag. Beyond that a lot of people have noticed that Android being fairly open, being known to be used to set up access points and being linux based can set up as a router and change the mac address, similarly being largely linux based/friendly and quite customisable I saw someone mention the raspberry pi (they come with a LAN port but many will have added wifi too).
The trouble for most "normal" people is that they do not have a massive abundance of wifi gear available to them and will probably use their wifi card to access the internet or have wired internet only it causes trouble as this relies on the internet/access to Nintendo's servers to work for obvious reasons (data does not tend to transmit halfway around the world by itself after all). Laptops are pretty good for this as they often have wifi and network so you can wire it in for this, set up an appropriate access point on your laptop and get it done.

Nintendo could frustrate a lot of this if they want to but you can cross that bridge when you/they come to it.

 

[crediar]

I put together a website that allows you to enter the MAC of your AP which will then automatically change the MAC of my AP.

To make this work simply change your AP's name to "_The Cloud" no encryption and enter the MAC of your AP on my site.

http://crediar.no-ip.com/sp.php

 

[dicamarques]

I put together a website that allows you to enter the MAC of your AP which will then automatically change the MAC of my AP.

To make this work simply change your AP's name to "_The Cloud" no encryption and enter the MAC of your AP on my site.

http://crediar.no-ip.com/sp.php

Are you sure you want to do that? If someone floods your website your mac will go crazy

 

[crediar]

Are you sure you want to do that? If someone floods your website your mac will go crazy

That's why I put a limit of one MAC change per 5 minutes in.

 

[dicamarques]

That's why I put a limit of one MAC change per 5 minutes in.

Although its a bit dangerous but ok

Somebunny you could tell to type this on console for ease of use sudo chmod +x wifi_zone
Also you could add a simple gui for changing mac (also add the @SPOOF mac 40:53:50:4F:4F:46 )
Just got another hit from Mark Germany, HOW THE HELL YOU GUYS HAVE SO MANY PINK PUZZLES? DAMN

 

[Sychophantom]

You people are making it very hard for me to want to go to work this morning. I just want to putz around with my spare router and get this working.

 

[LAA]

I really want to do this, what do I need?
I just have a W7 laptop and I'm sure I have a spare router too.
Am I all set?

I'd love to get all the puzzle pieces and to finally 100% KH3D with that streetpass stuff...

 

[dicamarques]

I really want to do this, what do I need?
I just have a W7 laptop and I'm sure I have a spare router too.
Am I all set?

I'd love to get all the puzzle pieces and to finally 100% KH3D with that streetpass stuff...

Well not ALL routers work and doing this on w7 is a bit hard or not possible so go ahead and use ubuntu (you dont even need to install it but if your using it alot its better to do a dual boot. Also your wirelles card must be compatible.