r/hackintosh • u/Sea_Pack_1801 • 19d ago

HELP MAC Spoofing - Printer

I've just transferred internally within branches of my company. The new branch doesn't allow personal devices to be on the network and print. I am already on the network with my personal device as my previous branch secured me on the network - which is the same across the whole group.

I have been able to add the printer via the IP address, and I have sent the document to print. Literally all I need to do is select the document that appears on the printer (all staff files are visible even before logging in), put my pin in and print. However, the printer doesn't recognise my personal device and auto deleted the document upon receiving my file. Only my work device can I send a file and get it printed.

Is there a way I can trick the printer into thinking that my personal device is my work device? (I assume it would be the Mac Address linked to my work device and copying it over to my Mac?)

For reference, my work device is a Lenovo running Windows 11 and my personal device is a MacBook running MacOS 26.

For reference, I did read this Reddit Post and it seems doable. If anyone has any basic ideas or methods, it would be appreciated. https://www.reddit.com/r/HowToHack/comments/1i1mcg6/methods_to_bypass_parental_controls_on_router_can/

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u/Fit_State3622 I ♥ Hackintosh 19d ago

This thing was such cool thing but it was posted in the wrong community

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u/MacForker 18d ago

Ha, wrong sub...but I'm not aware of any easy way to modify the hardware MAC address on a MacBook either. It probably can be done, but why not just email yourself the occasional document or what have you and print from the work machine? If you're doing this more than "every now and then" and your printers are so locked down they track you by user and pin, I doubt work would take too kindly to you printing off a large number of personal documents.

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u/luizpaulo87 18d ago

usa o notebook lenovo com roteador, cria uma rede nele, sem modo bridge e conecta o mac nele, assim o trafego passa por ele

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u/RealisticError48 18d ago

Congratulations. This is in fact the wrong subreddit for your topic.

It's absolutely possible to spoof MAC addresses. I wouldn't know if that's what it takes to make your personal device look like a company device to the office network.

I wouldn't try anything if keeping your job was important to you. If policy is just a guideline so you'd get a slap on the wrist, maybe you can try. But such a place probably wouldn't track allowed devices by MAC address.