Show HN: I got unlimited airport WiFi access

3 points by xkcd1963 3y ago ↗ HN

Most airports offer wifi in following variants: #1 unlimited free wifi access #2 time-limited free wifi e.g. 2 hours, after this one has to pay #3 pay upfront for wifi

I happen to be in a #2 airport and figured that by changing my MAC address I should be able to circumvent the artificial limitation by the airport through knowing my initial MAC address.

On my macbook though the commands ```sudo ifconfig en1 ether 00:e2:e3:e4:e5:e6``` don't seem to work after the year 2018 (thank you apple). After some search though I was able to change the MAC address https://github.com/feross/SpoofMAC and enjoy now unlimited wifi while waiting for the airplane.

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oandhjakk 3y ago ↗

Another tip for public wifi is to use OpenVPN over tcp/443 as an exit node to route any traffic you like. Obviously you should always be using a VPN on an untrusted network but this way you can bypass all content/media type restrictions.

xkcd1963 3y ago ↗

Thanks, its free up to 3 users. Previously I had used ExpressVPN which costs 30 bugs a month..

texasbigdata 3y ago ↗

Also an old express user with “find close to free vpn” on my todo list today!! Thank you kind stranger