Hello. First off i really appreciate any ones advice anyone can give me. Ill start by explaining my understanding of my schools network.
I am a freshman in college and my school just implemented a new network setup that involves 802.1x authentication. Essentially, for students to access the network, they need to install a program on their computer called clear pass. Clear pass will ensure your computer has antivirus and is 'safe' to join the network. With out clear pass your computer will not be able to get out to the internet. For devices that cant install clear pass (x-box, apple tv, etc.), you must enter that devices MAC address on a school webpage for that device to be able to access the network. Devices like the xbox connect to their own wireless network meant for devices that cant use clear pass.
Next, the wifi in my dorm is really terrible and i get such slow speeds. Now if i connect to the ethernet port in my room the speed shoots up to 100 mb's. My school does not allow routers but i set up one anyway. The reason for this is so that my roommates and I's devices can be connected wirelessly with great speeds and also so my wireless printer can be used as a wireless printer. However, to get my router to work on my college's network, i have to spoof the MAC address of it to a device that is already 'allowed' on the network. And this method was working great for a little less than a week.
One night my router randomly restarted and when it came back on i was unable to access the internet. When i tried to navigate to a web page it would redirect to my schools webpage telling me to install clear pass. I have no idea how my school's server realized it was a router on the other end and how it knew to block it. So then i tried spoofing the MAC address of my iphone and my actual mac with no luck either. Finally, i thought about it and came up with the idea that maybe it was denying my router access because it didn't 'see' clear pass set up on the router. So i then tried my roommates apple tv's MAC address (which doesnt need clear pass to access the network). I took the MAC address of that and spoofed it to my router and it was working great. However, again after two days the server would kick me off the network and prompt me to install clear pass. When i go on to my school's page where i can view the devices i added to the network (i.e. the apple tv), it lists the MAC address of the apple tv and then shows the device category as a Netgear router. So i dont understand how my schools network lets me use the internet for a few days and then randomly realizes its a router and kicks me off from having internet access. I dont know what else to try, besides MAC spoofing, to get my router to work. So if you read all of this, i appreciate your concern and i just wanted to ask if anyone had any ideas of how i could get my router to have permanent access.
Thank you so much as this issue is very frustrating!!
I am a freshman in college and my school just implemented a new network setup that involves 802.1x authentication. Essentially, for students to access the network, they need to install a program on their computer called clear pass. Clear pass will ensure your computer has antivirus and is 'safe' to join the network. With out clear pass your computer will not be able to get out to the internet. For devices that cant install clear pass (x-box, apple tv, etc.), you must enter that devices MAC address on a school webpage for that device to be able to access the network. Devices like the xbox connect to their own wireless network meant for devices that cant use clear pass.
Next, the wifi in my dorm is really terrible and i get such slow speeds. Now if i connect to the ethernet port in my room the speed shoots up to 100 mb's. My school does not allow routers but i set up one anyway. The reason for this is so that my roommates and I's devices can be connected wirelessly with great speeds and also so my wireless printer can be used as a wireless printer. However, to get my router to work on my college's network, i have to spoof the MAC address of it to a device that is already 'allowed' on the network. And this method was working great for a little less than a week.
One night my router randomly restarted and when it came back on i was unable to access the internet. When i tried to navigate to a web page it would redirect to my schools webpage telling me to install clear pass. I have no idea how my school's server realized it was a router on the other end and how it knew to block it. So then i tried spoofing the MAC address of my iphone and my actual mac with no luck either. Finally, i thought about it and came up with the idea that maybe it was denying my router access because it didn't 'see' clear pass set up on the router. So i then tried my roommates apple tv's MAC address (which doesnt need clear pass to access the network). I took the MAC address of that and spoofed it to my router and it was working great. However, again after two days the server would kick me off the network and prompt me to install clear pass. When i go on to my school's page where i can view the devices i added to the network (i.e. the apple tv), it lists the MAC address of the apple tv and then shows the device category as a Netgear router. So i dont understand how my schools network lets me use the internet for a few days and then randomly realizes its a router and kicks me off from having internet access. I dont know what else to try, besides MAC spoofing, to get my router to work. So if you read all of this, i appreciate your concern and i just wanted to ask if anyone had any ideas of how i could get my router to have permanent access.
Thank you so much as this issue is very frustrating!!
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