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How change mac address in NT

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Name: hitesh patel
Date: June 17, 2002 at 12:41:13 Pacific
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Hey Guys,
Can anybody let me know that how to change the mac address on the NT? I found some post on this site about Win9x, but did not work same way.

Thanks



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Name: mike
Date: June 17, 2002 at 13:03:40 Pacific
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are you sure that you can change that?


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Name: mark
Date: June 17, 2002 at 14:33:23 Pacific
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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 have a similar effect as having 2 pcs named with the same name.



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Response Number 3
Name: M12
Date: June 17, 2002 at 15:08:01 Pacific
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Change the NIC Card


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Response Number 4
Name: PerD
Date: June 18, 2002 at 06:57:51 Pacific
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Hi!

On some NIC's it is possible. But generally not, SS(sun) can do that.


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Response Number 5
Name: mike
Date: June 18, 2002 at 13:28:40 Pacific
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I didnt think you could, thx Curt. btw, why would you attempt this anyway?


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Date: June 18, 2002 at 15:36:19 Pacific
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It's burnt into the NIC - so it cannot be changed - to avoid multiple versions of the same address.


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Response Number 7
Name: Henrik Hulstrøm
Date: July 31, 2002 at 09:18:58 Pacific
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http://www.ntfaq.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=23256 says:

A. Each network adapter card has a MAC address, which machines on local subnets use to talk to each other. MAC addresses are usually burned into the adapters during the manufacturing process. To overwrite a network adapter card's default MAC address, perform the following steps:

Start the registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\\Parameters.
From the Edit menu, select New - String Value.
* Type a name of NetworkAddress, and press Enter.
* Double-click the new value, and enter the adapter's new MAC value.
* Click OK.
* Close the registry editor.
* Reboot the machine.

Seems to work on NT - haven't tried it on W2K Yet, but there should be an option in the user interface somewhere.


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