Mac Address Spoofing(!)

[TM4526 at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/6/04 4:59:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
normal1.lists at gmail.com writes:
Hello guys,

>I've set out to spoof my gateway's mac address so that I can get a
>new ip address from my cable ISP without having to unplug my modem for
>24 hours as they suggested (and is understandable, thats how long
>their DHCP lease last). I've tried several things, one of which is
>following the instructions here
>http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200406/netgraph.html - I also tried doing:
>ifconfig xl0 hw ether 00:00:00:00:00 to no avail.
>
>I'm just wondering if anyone on this list knows of a way to do it
>successfully or can provide me with a link to some useful
>documentation.

It is YOUR gateway? Just use a different port, or swap out the ethernet
card.