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changing MAC address in W2K
Name: seekinfo Date: July 12, 2002 at 07:57:21 Pacific
Name: Jennifer Date: July 12, 2002 at 08:36:26 Pacific
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The only way to do that is to replace the Network Card. The MAC address is a hardware address.
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Response Number 2
Name: trvlr Date: July 13, 2002 at 19:15:56 Pacific
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Whilst for the majority of NICs the MAC address is truly burned in at source and will not allow re-addressing, it does appear that 'some' cards 'will' allow local re-addressing of the card...
Possibly this John Savill faq item will help (if your NIC is one those that allow it):
Summary: you cant change the mac address, it a unique address given to the network card makers how give it the address, there are no duplicate mac addresses in the whole world, duplicate mac address would hav...
Summary: I think it could be managed by Software. Becuase I can change the MAC address in Netware Client, But I don't know how to change it on WIndows NT. If you know about that, please give me a email. Thanks...
Summary: I would like to know how to find a where a MAC address is on my network. There are about 1800 computers and I need to find out where a MAC adderess is located. Thanks in advanced ...
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WinNT 4 Ent. Ed to Win2k ...
