From time to time you will need to change the MAC address of your computer. My Internet provider, for instance, allows me to connect only my desktop PC to the Internet. To connect my laptop I had to change its MAC address to the same MAC address my desktop PC has.
First, donwload Macshift and save it to some convenient location like C:\ and extract it.
Second, you must know the name of the connection you want to change. Usually it will be the Ethernet called “Local Area Connection”.
Third, open the command line (Start -> Run -> “cmd”) and type:
cd C:\macshift
The above command moved you to the C:\macshift directory. Now type (just substitute 012345123456 with an actual MAC address):
macshift 012345123456 -i "Local Area Connection"
If you want to find out what MAC addres your PC has, type in the command line:
ipconfig /all
And look for “Physical Address”.
However, this works only in Windows XP. I will cover Windows Vista/Seven in my next post.