No, but it's the one that the network will see, etc.
If you're just using the permanent address to track hardware, then it's a
different story.
"Eric Gisin" wrote in message
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Clueless. That's not the permanent address.
"Phrederick" wrote in message
news:Opitb.391745$6C4.246909@pd7tw1no...
| Right click the LAN icon, click the Configure button under the NIC,
click
| the Advanced tab and then look for "Managed Address" or "Network
Address"
| and enter a new MAC address.
|
| ... you've just changed the MAC address that the network will see.
|
|
| "Eric Gisin" wrote in message
| ...
| Ethernet cards have a permanent address that cannot be changed. They
also
| have
| a software address that can be set in the registry. Both can be
queried by
| IOCTL on NT4 and later.
|