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New 3DS System Update (StreetPass Relay Feature)

Tonguer said:
No offense intended, but I hope people aren't helping with this. I find it way more interesting to tag people actually living in different areas. Getting tags from different countries and regions has been kind of... I guess exciting? It would be disappointing to me to keep tagging the same person but with a different 'home' each pass.



Surely, with that many question marks, people will now jump at the chance to assist.

Suggestion: maybe pick a new MAC (or set of MACs) just for those that want to help with region changing? Also probably gives you a higher chance of passing with those folks than using the relays everyone else is using, if they aren't helping with this.
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Dude i've been helping people on here a lot; NOONE has bothered to return the favor. Your opinion of whether or not something matters doesn't mean the same for others. I use a cron job that changes my MAC Address every 2 minutes to help others get all the puzzle pieces. There aren't any other MAC Addresses left


All this would take is someone to change their region in the 3DS Settings. THAT'S IT.


edit: Maybe I am being a little obsessive compulsion, but it's just frustrating as this is extremely hard to get.
 
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You just got yourself a "Fantastic!" rating!
I always give fantastic to everybody :P
 
Just Street Passed someone who was kind enough to change to Peurto Rico. I truly appreciate it!!!!!

Six regions to go

Montana
Wyoming
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Louisiana


I've made my Mii as Peurto Rico for those whom need it as well.
 
Hiccup said:
I use a cron job that changes my MAC Address every 2 minutes to help others get all the puzzle pieces. There aren't any other MAC Addresses left
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I found out this actually wasn't helping out. You can only streetpass each MAC once every eight hours so unless you are rolling 240 MAC you'd be done in about one hour and do nothing useful for the next seven hours.

Also there are not that many people MAC-rolling, changing it every two minutes raises the odds of streepassing the same person again, effectively nullifying it and disabling this MAC for the next eight hours. Same goes for the person streetpassing you, as you are virtually putting yourself on every MAC at the same time: the next guy would just streetpass you over and over without getting any benefit.

It's much more effective to roll the MAC every ten to fifteen minutes, you have much better odds of streetpassing a different person every time and propagating your Mii more efficiently. It feels slower at first when you just start the script and you want to play, but it feels much better after a few days as it gives a constant stream of Miis throughout the day.
 
Khaz said:
I found out this actually wasn't helping out. You can only streetpass each MAC once every eight hours so unless you are rolling 240 MAC you'd be done in about one hour and do nothing useful for the next seven hours.

Also there are not that many people MAC-rolling, changing it every two minutes raises the odds of streepassing the same person again, effectively nullifying it and disabling this MAC for the next eight hours. Same goes for the person streetpassing you, as you are virtually putting yourself on every MAC at the same time: the next guy would just streetpass you over and over without getting any benefit.

It's much more effective to roll the MAC every ten to fifteen minutes, you have much better odds of streetpassing a different person every time and propagating your Mii more efficiently. It feels slower at first when you just start the script and you want to play, but it feels much better after a few days as it gives a constant stream of Miis throughout the day.
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Can you share the cron script you use with us (I assume you're using one)? I just installed DD-WRT on my router and am eager to get this puzzle-piece operation pumping. I've seen one posted earlier but the surrounding discussion made it sound like it was imperfect and the GBATemp thread is massive.
 
Lupin the Third said:
Can you share the cron script you use with us (I assume you're using one)? I just installed DD-WRT on my router and am eager to get this puzzle-piece operation pumping. I've seen one posted earlier but the surrounding discussion made it sound like it was imperfect and the GBATemp thread is massive.
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I'm using a shell script for it with a separate file containing the MAC so it's not randomised and easier to add any should it happen. I suppose you could add it to your cron if you ssh into your router if you like. You would have to get the cron job used on the previous pages working first, the connexion label apparently can change depending on the router.
 
Lupin the Third said:
Can you share the cron script you use with us (I assume you're using one)? I just installed DD-WRT on my router and am eager to get this puzzle-piece operation pumping. I've seen one posted earlier but the surrounding discussion made it sound like it was imperfect and the GBATemp thread is massive.
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I use a batch file on windows 8 to cycle through 30 MACs, changing once every five minutes. This feeds both my wife's and my 3DS, and I only run it once or twice a day. It's made the whole process completely painless.
 
This is the DD-WRT Cron Job I use.

Code: 
0-59/4 * * * * root ifconfig eth1 down && ifconfig eth1 hw ether 40:53:50:4F:4F:`/bin/cat /proc/interrupts | /usr/bin/md5sum | /usr/bin/cut -b 1``/bin/cat /proc/interrupts | /usr/bin/md5sum | /usr/bin/cut -b 1` && ifconfig eth1 up
2-59/4 * * * * root ifconfig eth1 down && ifconfig eth1 hw ether 4E:53:50:4F:4F:`/bin/cat /proc/interrupts | /usr/bin/md5sum | /usr/bin/cut -b 1``/bin/cat /proc/interrupts | /usr/bin/md5sum | /usr/bin/cut -b 1` && ifconfig eth1 up

If it doesn't work change eth1 to wan0. This will go through basically an infinite amount of MAC Addresses that will allow you to street pass every 2 minutes 24/7.
 
Anyone been noticing more Miis from Japan? One whom I passed had 11,000+ StreetPass hits. I assume they are trying to complete countries* too...good luck with France and Northern Ireland...

*-I remember for Pokemon DP there is that globe which shows you all the regions you've traded with and you did get Japanese players setting up really good trade offers to get other countries.

plagiarize said:
I use a batch file on windows 8 to cycle through 30 MACs, changing once every five minutes. This feeds both my wife's and my 3DS, and I only run it once or twice a day. It's made the whole process completely painless.
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Just a quick question, what do use as the delay command?

In my script (windows shell bat file) I had to go with pinging 127.0.0.1 n times when n is the number of seconds the delay is up for (I couldn't think of any other way).

As for the MAC changing, I use a list of 15 MACs (10 tends to get about 6-8 hits for some reason) and the delay is less in the morning (where I have less time, especially as I want to use 3DS sound to listen to podcasts over breakfast).
 
Hiccup said:
This is the hardest achievement to get; next to the five females in a row...
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I was cross-dressing for over a week trying to get that achievement on one of my units. Closest I got was 3 in a row. If we all had a drag race, we could finish that achievement fairly quickly, haha.
 
Starwolf_UK said:
Anyone been noticing more Miis from Japan? One whom I passed had 11,000+ StreetPass hits. I assume they are trying to complete countries* too...good luck with France and Northern Ireland...

*-I remember for Pokemon DP there is that globe which shows you all the regions you've traded with and you did get Japanese players setting up really good trade offers to get other countries.


Just a quick question, what do use as the delay command?

In my script (windows shell bat file) I had to go with pinging 127.0.0.1 n times when n is the number of seconds the delay is up for (I couldn't think of any other way).

As for the MAC changing, I use a list of 15 MACs (10 tends to get about 6-8 hits for some reason) and the delay is less in the morning (where I have less time, especially as I want to use 3DS sound to listen to podcasts over breakfast).
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timeout /T 300
 
Hiccup said:
This is the hardest achievement to get; next to the five females in a row...
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Ohh ! Looks like I already have the achievement for 5 female Mii characters in a row ! ^_^ I don't even remember when I got it. I haven't done anything with my router and MAC address, so I got this just by walking around.
 
Hiccup said:
This is the DD-WRT Cron Job I use.

Code: 
0-59/4 * * * * root ifconfig eth1 down && ifconfig eth1 hw ether 40:53:50:4F:4F:`/bin/cat /proc/interrupts | /usr/bin/md5sum | /usr/bin/cut -b 1``/bin/cat /proc/interrupts | /usr/bin/md5sum | /usr/bin/cut -b 1` && ifconfig eth1 up
2-59/4 * * * * root ifconfig eth1 down && ifconfig eth1 hw ether 4E:53:50:4F:4F:`/bin/cat /proc/interrupts | /usr/bin/md5sum | /usr/bin/cut -b 1``/bin/cat /proc/interrupts | /usr/bin/md5sum | /usr/bin/cut -b 1` && ifconfig eth1 up
If it doesn't work change eth1 to wan0. This will go through basically an infinite amount of MAC Addresses that will allow you to street pass every 2 minutes 24/7.
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The cron is a bit different for Atheros based routers, though (for example, the wireless interface name is ath0). Also, the "ifconfig <interface> up" command doesn't seem to work :\
 
Wow, what are the odds of that!?

I just got the 5 Female in a Row achievement. I also only have 3 locations left: Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota!!!!!!!
 
I managed to set up a Raspberry relay point. Both my 3DS and my phone connects to the attwifi wireless. I can even see online friends on my friend list. But I haven't got a single street pass.

Any ideas !?
 
I had to make another parition with a clean installation to make this thing work.... to some extend

I can get everything working except for the 3DS, it connects to the shared wifi but it fails while connecting to the internet...

It also doesn't work trying to connect a smartphone or another computer to the internet with the shared connection.

Any help?
 
I used to use guest 2 (I think that was the Mii anyway) when at other peoples houses as the resemblance was pretty good. I used the photo for the 3DS and did not like the lanky face or red lips so edited those.

PorygonVandal said:
I can get everything working except for the 3DS, it connects to the shared wifi but it fails while connecting to the internet...
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You need to share the LAN internet connection with the wifi connection (which currently can only do networking things like share files). Or, if using two wifi hotspots (a real one to receive internet and a virtual one to transmit) get those to share with each other.
 
Starwolf_UK said:
You need to share the LAN internet connection with the wifi connection (which currently can only do networking things like share files). Or, if using two wifi hotspots (a real one to receive internet and a virtual one to transmit) get those to share with each other.
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I'm pretty sure I have done it
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Now I'm going to try with both wireless

EDIT: Same issue with the wireless card :(
 
I like this new update. Before the update though, I've met over 700 people from events and walking around. But I guess this is handy for everyone.
 
I don't know if this has something to do, but I get this while checking the virtual wifi properties

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Shouldn't default gateway and DNS need to have a value?
 
Woot!!! I just got 25 puzzle pieces with 150 play coins!

I still need to set up a Spot Pass Hot Spot.

Edit: I really hate how they took out what the total pieces there are out.
 
Um, can someone explain what this new update did? I haven't noticed anything different, and the notification Nintendo sent out didn't explain anything. Was it just to make the Mii Plaza more stable or something?

Also, when I updated to the new plaza a few weeks ago, I noticed that the animations were a lot smoother. Am I just seeing things, or did the update greatly improve the performance of the Mii Plaza?
 
Poltergust said:
Um, can someone explain what this new update did? I haven't noticed anything different, and the notification Nintendo sent out didn't explain anything. Was it just to make the Mii Plaza more stable or something?

Also, when I updated to the new plaza a few weeks ago, I noticed that the animations were a lot smoother. Am I just seeing things, or did the update greatly improve the performance of the Mii Plaza?
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This update was mostly to fix crashes with Mii Force and Warrior's Way. Not everyone experienced them (I sure didn't), so for a lot of people the update didn't do much.
 
Poltergust said:
Um, can someone explain what this new update did? I haven't noticed anything different, and the notification Nintendo sent out didn't explain anything. Was it just to make the Mii Plaza more stable or something?

Also, when I updated to the new plaza a few weeks ago, I noticed that the animations were a lot smoother. Am I just seeing things, or did the update greatly improve the performance of the Mii Plaza?
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the update did improve the framerate and sped things up abit
 
I pretty much have all the pinks, it's just going to take a while to get the regular pieces as I have no coins stacked-up.
 
I wrote a (simple) script for my Tomato firmware router to rotate MACs between a specific list of addresses. I only use it to hit local NZ I've passed before -- that seems reasonable, and merely replicating what is possible in my area.

If anyone else has a router with Tomato firmware and wants it, let me know. It's basically just standard Linux commands...
 
Tried doing this right now but it seems I can't change my mac wireless address and only my router one...or I'm just lost.


Either way I tried two mac addresses and waited 5 minutes each and got nothing
 
DavidDayton said:
I wrote a (simple) script for my Tomato firmware router to rotate MACs between a specific list of addresses. I only use it to hit local NZ I've passed before -- that seems reasonable, and merely replicating what is possible in my area.

If anyone else has a router with Tomato firmware and wants it, let me know. It's basically just standard Linux commands...
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Can you post it? I am using Tomato as well.

But when I do the busybox ifconfig steps to change the mac, nothing happens. Actually the 3DS wont be able to connect until I reboot it.

I can spoof the MAC using the web interface of course, but I can't do it using telnet.
 
jercruz said:
Can you post it? I am using Tomato as well.

But when I do the busybox ifconfig steps to change the mac, nothing happens. Actually the 3DS wont be able to connect until I reboot it.

I can spoof the MAC using the web interface of course, but I can't do it using telnet.
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This is just a kludge, mind you, but it works:

Code: 
logger "*** MAC Rotation Beginning***"
ifconfig eth1 down
ifconfig eth1 hw ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
logger "**** XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX"
ifconfig eth1 up
sleep 3m

ifconfig eth1 down
sleep 30s
ifconfig eth1 hw ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
logger "**** XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX"
ifconfig eth1 up
sleep 3m

ifconfig eth1 down
ifconfig eth1 hw ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
ifconfig eth1 up
logger "***MAC Rotation Ended***"

Essentially, I replace it instance of XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX with a MAC address, and duplicate the middle portion as often as I like. The final step switches it back to your default address (enter it in).

A lot of that isn't necessary, but if you check the logs you'll see each MAC as it's used, and you'll know the sequence is done when the MAC ROTATION ENDED text appears.

I believe you could combine some of those statements to reduce the amount of text -- there appears to be a 4K limit to scripts, so if you had a large list of MACs, that might be a problem.

Just enter the script, change your SSID to attwifi, then reboot. (Oh, put the script in under Startup Scripts). When done, delete the script, change the SSID back, and reboot again.

I'm sure there's a better way, but that works.
 
Thanks! But it still doesn't work for me :(

I can see the logs and the ifconfig probably went through but nothing happened.


However, this one worked for me. You will need to telnet to your router (use putty)

create a .sh file in /tmp, then paste this (use vi)

Code: 
#!/bin/sh

SLEEPTIME=2
FILE=/tmp/spoofmaclist.txt
while read line
do
        macToSpoof=$line
        echo "Spoofing \"$macToSpoof\" MAC Address"

        echo nvram set mac_wl=$macToSpoof
        echo service net restart

        echo Sleeping for $SLEEPTIME minutes...
        sleep ${SLEEPTIME}m
done < $FILE

then create the file /tmp/spoofmaclist.txt that contains the list of macs you want to spoof... like:

Code: 
4e:47:41:46:30:31
4e:47:41:46:30:32
4e:47:41:46:30:33
4e:47:41:46:30:34
4e:47:41:46:30:35
4e:47:41:46:30:36
4e:47:41:46:30:37
4e:47:41:46:30:38
4e:47:41:46:30:39

chmod +x the .sh file to make it executable, and run it. changes to the wireless mac will be visible in the web admin screen.
 
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