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Is it possible to change my MAC address?

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Mar 15, 202618112 views
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The wikipedia article on MAC address mentions that it is stored in the ROM of the NIC. How can the MAC address be changed then?

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The physical MAC address is hardware dependent and is stored on the NIC's ROM (EEPROM) chip. To physically change this you would have to do what is known as flashing the ROM chip on the NIC. You can however do what is know as "spoofing" which is tri…

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