Change MAC address on Intel Mac?
Open Firmware on PPC machines made it easy. I don't know about EFI.
iMac
iMac
I was running into a few issues trying to spoof my MAC on the command line (on LION) like users above, and I came across this useful post: http://maymay.net/blog/2011/03/29/how-to-spoof-your-mac-address-on-mac-os-x-for- reals/
There's also a tool that you can use to automate the setup directly from System Preferences:
hope this helps!
Hello Kappy,
Why is it not a good idea to change the MAC address?
Thanks Kevin
kevintii wrote:
Hello Kappy,
Why is it not a good idea to change the MAC address?
Thanks Kevin
Because it is intended to be a globally unique identifier of hardware. The MAC address can be changed on modern systems but why? See here for more info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address
Here are some reasons a person may want to change their MAC address. None of them sound like legitimately valid reasons.
From http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=security/changemac
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Change MAC address on Intel Mac?