You can actually change your MAC address using ifconfig for many types of NIC's. --James 2009/4/30 Eric Martin > Anthony Metcalf wrote: > > Sergey A. Kobzar wrote: > > > >> James, thank you for the useful tip. The output of macchanger: > >> # macchanger eth1 > >> Current MAC: 00:15:17:1a:6e:6d (Intel Corporate) > >> Faked MAC: 00:15:17:1a:6e:6e (Intel Corporate) > >> > >> > >> # macchanger eth0 > >> Current MAC: 00:15:17:1a:6e:6c (Intel Corporate) > >> Faked MAC: 00:15:17:1a:6e:6d (Intel Corporate) > >> > >> > >> How is it possible? I thought NIC has one MAC only.What does mean > >> 'Faked MAC'? > >> > >> > > Current MAC = MAC in firmware on the card, Faked MAC = MAC the OS is > > telling the network? > > > > > > > yes, you can set the mac to what ever you want. There's a line in > /etc/conf.d/net that explains how to do this (with macchanger). > > > >