MAC or “Media Access Control” Address is hardware address assigned to network interface devices. So, your laptop, smartphone, WiFi radio, each of them have a separate and fixed MAC address. While connecting your device to a network(e.g., WiFi Hotspot), your MAC address is recorded there. The owner can’t directly identify if it’s your device but he can see it’s MAC address and block it if he finds it annoying.


Normal users can’t directly change it on their will so it works fine. But if you know how to “spoof” or “change” your device’s MAC address then even after blocking your MAC address, you can still connect your device to your desired network by changing your mac address. Not only this, you can enjoy few more benefits as mentioned below
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