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Tweaking MAC address ?

MAC address or Media Access Control address is used to identify any kind of networking equipment like Network Interface Card ( NIC ) etc. They are unique for every device . This is used by the ISP to prevent their customers from connecting through different pc's . One such ISP is Sify bband . In my quest to connect through my laptop instead of the desktop I came across tweaking the address . You can use utilities like this :

CMAod

Or modify it by tweaking your windows registry . But this will work only if you have admin privilege . Open the keys under

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

It contains info about various NIC's you have and then edit the string "NetworkAddress" and its done . Other sify users like me can use alternate and better dialers like Experience Sify which can even force a different mac address apart from other cool features.

posted by Chetan @ 8:45 PM