Tutorial MACycle - The Improved MAC Changer for HomePass!

[Bambamthepyro]

If your hostednetwork is password-protected, you cannot homepass. You'll have to find another method for now, although I'm looking into it myself.

So, if I removed the password, everything should technically work, right?

 

[loco365]

So, if I removed the password, everything should technically work, right?

Yes.

Anyways, I've been fighting with the code for the past few weeks, trying to somehow get Windows XP support 100%, however, I've come across a small problem. Well, two.

1. There is a WMI query that queues the network adapters, however, the one that exists does not work for XP (When resetting the network adapter, an Error 02 is returned). Okay, sure. Just make two WMI queries (One for XP, and one for Not-XP) and call it a day.
2. The class that does all that was part of the refactor, written by galnol. I don't know WMI.

So, with that, I'm officially launching MACycle 2.00 Beta 1.71! You can get it here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/34957059/MACycle 2.00 Beta 1.71.exe

Changes from Beta 1.70 (In case you were part of my early beta team) :
- Fixed up forms
- Small background changes to enhance performance
- Warnings for Windows XP users

Known Bugs:
- Windows XP users will encounter an Error 02 while cycling due to an incorrect WMI query (Hence the warning). This may prevent you from cycling until I can find an appropriate fix.

 

[electricdugong]

I seem to be having a weird problem where the MAC changes from "4E" for the first set to "4c" when actually being used.

 

[loco365]

I seem to be having a weird problem where the MAC changes from "4E" for the first set to "4c" when actually being used.

In some hardware, the first octet cannot be changed, and that cannot be fixed, unfortunately.

 

[veekay]

Is there a way to use this program with a physical adapter so that the password issue can be resolved? I haven't had a streetpass in over 6 months since moving to the middle of nowhere.

 

[loco365]

Is there a way to use this program with a physical adapter so that the password issue can be resolved? I haven't had a streetpass in over 6 months since moving to the middle of nowhere.

I'm looking into other Wireless AP alternatives that permit the use of no passwords so that the latest firmware users can get on board with this once again, however, I haven't had such luck. It's not that the adapter is having the password issue, it's Windows itself because it has a requirement of a password, and that cannot be changed for security reasons.

 

[veekay]

I didn't know if there was a way to use the program with the adhoc feature or something like that where you use the wifi card to host the network without a password.

I'm looking into other Wireless AP alternatives that permit the use of no passwords so that the latest firmware users can get on board with this once again, however, I haven't had such luck. It's not that the adapter is having the password issue, it's Windows itself because it has a requirement of a password, and that cannot be changed for security reasons.

 

[duke_srg]

I didn't know if there was a way to use the program with the adhoc feature or something like that where you use the wifi card to host the network without a password.

AdHoc won't work. There are only two ways to streetpass from Windows for fw 9.3+ for now:
- if you have Ralink/Mediatek dongle, just install Mediatek drivers, it allows to host the AP with no password. Though never tested with streetpass or mac changing.
- use my methods from the Homepass FAQ thread either native Windows or Virtual Machine. Though have a problems with Atheros adapter driver BSOD (well, this is true for any windoes method more or less) or additional driver may be needed for VM method.

 

[galnol]

How did you try to fix the first octet driver limitation?

It's a Windows 7 and up limitation. See:
http://lizardsystems.com/wiki/change_mac_address/faq/change_mac_address_in_windows_7

The only workaround I found is the one in that page:

Sometimes the problem can be fixed by downgrading driver for wireless adapter and installing its version for Windows XP. And then the MAC address can be changed to any MAC address without limitation. But downgrade may cause incorrect work of device.

Hostednetwork is started with the password-protected SSID, so no problem with the latest firmware.

OK, here is a version of Windows script for fw 9.3+ http://nintendozone.no-ip.org/nzone.exe
Instuctions are the same as for nzone.vbs, but 3DS connection settings is not needed, just launch like nzone.exe start BASE256 and 3DS will detect the zone by itself. Though SSID is different and streetpass data seems not relayed between MACs it may take some time to get a streetpass. I personally filled BASE16 range, so keep trying and report.

Could you share which method you are using to work with a password-protected hostednetwork?


Some Realtek dongles have their own utility to create SoftAp which allows you setup AP without passwords, without using hostednetworks.

 

[duke_srg]

galnol x2,x6,xA,xE in first octet is normal driver behavior limited to locally set unicast addresses. That is why 4E:... was proposed as the prime MAC set. But most of the drivers also modifies first octet in a different ways, and thus is not standard or documented anywhere.
As for my method, well it is not completely legit because it works with the different protected SSID.

 

[veekay]

I actually ended up using your method for now, but was trying to get things working on another machine and tried over 10 adapters and none of them passed the maccheck test. Guess I can do without running something at work.

AdHoc won't work. There are only two ways to streetpass from Windows for fw 9.3+ for now:
- if you have Ralink/Mediatek dongle, just install Mediatek drivers, it allows to host the AP with no password. Though never tested with streetpass or mac changing.
- use my methods from the Homepass FAQ thread either native Windows or Virtual Machine. Though have a problems with Atheros adapter driver BSOD (well, this is true for any windoes method more or less) or additional driver may be needed for VM method.

 

[duke_srg]

I actually ended up using your method for now, but was trying to get things working on another machine and tried over 10 adapters and none of them passed the maccheck test. Guess I can do without running something at work.

That's strange, because really not working is the newest Intel adapters with their own no-spoofing policy and sometimes top brands dongles with custom drivers like belkin, netgear with actually Atheros/Realtek/Broadcom inside, which can easily be fixed with native chip set manufacturer drivers. You did wrong not passing me results, even negative.

 

[veekay]

Most are rather old cards - I have a whole bag of them. I can send the results from them - not a big deal to run the program again. Do you just need the whole output from the file? I even noticed sometimes the program is fickle. I ran it again on a machine I had everything working on two days ago and I got all 0's. Ran it a second time and back to having a few 1's.

That's strange, because really not working is the newest Intel adapters with their own no-spoofing policy and sometimes top brands dongles with custom drivers like belkin, netgear with actually Atheros/Realtek/Broadcom inside, which can easily be fixed with native chip set manufacturer drivers. You did wrong not passing me results, even negative.

 

[duke_srg]

Most are rather old cards - I have a whole bag of them. I can send the results from them - not a big deal to run the program again. Do you just need the whole output from the file? I even noticed sometimes the program is fickle. I ran it again on a machine I had everything working on two days ago and I got all 0's. Ran it a second time and back to having a few 1's.

You must have only one wireless adapter enabled when performing the test

 

[veekay]

You must have only one wireless adapter enabled when performing the test

Always.

 

[Arkansaw]

Btw, the WMI query needs to be done twice on XP, since you need info that exists in two tables, and WMI is an inferior subset of SQL so a simple join is not possible.

Is it possible to integrate macshift source code? Apparently it was doing a very good job other than having to be bundled..

Anyway Intel 6205N is completely locked down on Windows (all zeros), but not on Ubuntu

 

[DarklyKnight]

Hi guys, I'm using a laptop to do this, do I need any software like Virtual Router Manager or something like that, or I can just use MACycle straight away?

 

[loco365]

Hi guys, I'm using a laptop to do this, do I need any software like Virtual Router Manager or something like that, or I can just use MACycle straight away?

You just need to set up a hostednetwork, which is built into Windows (Search this on Google for more info). Once that's good to go, just grab MACycle and you're good to go.

 

[DarklyKnight]

You just need to set up a hostednetwork, which is built into Windows (Search this on Google for more info). Once that's good to go, just grab MACycle and you're good to go.

Hey! Thanks for replying! I can't just use my own wifi home connection?

 

[loco365]

Hey! Thanks for replying! I can't just use my own wifi home connection?

No, MACycle works directly with Windows' hostednetwork to do this, unfortunately.