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Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / September 2005Mac address change?
Hi, Is it possible to assign a specific mac address to my virtual machine that is running Linux? I have Virtual PC for Mac version 7.02 I have a Linux program that I need to run but the license is tied to eth0. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide! I know of no way to change the mac address of the emulated ethernet controller, there is no way to change a Mac address >Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Thanks in advance for any help you can provide! Most OSes allow you to override the MAC address of a NIC, assuming the NIC allows this. VPC's NIC allows you to do this...I've done it in Windows XP and it seems to work. http://www.tech-faq.com/change-mac-address.shtml Also, if you're feeling couragous, you could mess around with the config.plist file in the package for your virtual machine. There is a specific line for the card address, but there's never been any documentation on the particular format you need to enter. This would techincally change the MAC at a hardware level.  SignatureCheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://www.essjae.com/vpc/vpc.htm "This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. You assume all risk for your use. I am not am employee of Microsoft." I would not mess around with Mac plists only to have Microsoft break your config in VPC 7.0.x or 7.1 or worse with OS X 10.4.3 or Leopard, etc. Play it safe and change the "built-in MAC" in software. To do this in Linux you can use this wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address or on Windows you can use Steve's method or a product called SMAC http://www.klcconsulting.net/smac/ Richard >>Hi, >> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > documentation on the particular format you need to enter. This would > techincally change the MAC at a hardware level. |
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