Comments on: Change MAC Address in Windows, Part II: Feature on NIC http://www.linglom.com/2009/04/17/change-mac-address-in-windows-part-ii-feature-on-nic/ Source of IT knowledge Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:22:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lolwut?http://www.linglom.com/2009/04/17/change-mac-address-in-windows-part-ii-feature-on-nic/comment-page-1/#comment-8379 lolwut? Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:17:24 +0000 http://www.linglom.com/?p=776#comment-8379 1st off THIS DOES NOT WORK! While you are correct that you "technically" changed the Mac Address (by inputting different values a quick trip to the command prompt will show you nothing has in fact changed. 2nd, there is NO WAY of changing the original Mac Address PERIOD. How do I know this? Here's how: -Type CMD and right click to run it as an admin -Next, type arp -a ...and hit enter. See that? Exactly. The Mac Address you thought you had changed did NOT change. This means the assigned IP will always KNOW your hardware encoded original Mac Address.... Prove me wrong. 1st off THIS DOES NOT WORK! While you are correct that you “technically” changed the Mac Address (by inputting different values a quick trip to the command prompt will show you nothing has in fact changed.

2nd, there is NO WAY of changing the original Mac Address PERIOD. How do I know this? Here’s how:

-Type CMD and right click to run it as an admin
-Next, type arp -a …and hit enter.

See that? Exactly.
The Mac Address you thought you had changed did NOT change. This means the assigned IP will always KNOW your hardware encoded original Mac Address….

Prove me wrong.

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