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Change MAC Address
Name: vmgautam Date: February 5, 2004 at 12:07:14 Pacific OS: WinXP Home Edition CPU/Ram: P4-1.6, 1024DDR Ram
Comment:
hi guys,
i use a compaq laptop with intel 10/100 lancard, is there any way i can change the mac address of the same...
i tried a utility from klcconsulting.net but it didnt help
Name: osubass1 Date: February 5, 2004 at 12:24:00 Pacific
Reply:
the only way to change the MAC address is to change the card.
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Response Number 2
Name: rick Date: February 5, 2004 at 14:05:05 Pacific
Reply:
yep, the mac is hardcoded in the firmware of the card, cannot be changed without changing the card it's self.
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Response Number 3
Name: J_Squared Date: February 5, 2004 at 15:02:19 Pacific
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You can easily change the MAC address in XP with a program called SMAC. It is a free download at http://www.klcconsulting.net/smac/. The MAC address can also be spoofed in Windows98 but that requires a registry hack.
Obviously this does not change the hard coded address but it does fool Windows into reporting back whatever address you specify. It works well.
Good luck!
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Response Number 4
Name: CyberSlug Date: February 5, 2004 at 18:12:52 Pacific
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Vikram said he already tried SMAC (look at the web address)...
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Response Number 5
Name: gameforpeace Date: March 9, 2004 at 06:47:50 Pacific
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amac mac address change can change mac address under all window os. i.e.windows95/98/2000/xp/2003/nt/me
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Response Number 6
Name: gameforpeace Date: March 9, 2004 at 06:49:58 Pacific
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try http://amac.paqtool.com it is a good tool to scan and change Mac address under any window os.
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Response Number 7
Name: alad167 Date: March 11, 2004 at 13:38:08 Pacific
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I tried amac, but it was so confusing, GUI is not intuitive at all, can't find the NIC I currently use... Scanning take forever... terrible.
I then tried SMAC, and it was so easy to use, and it got very intuitive GUI. I changed my MAC address within 1 minute. SMAC ROCKS!!!
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