*SOLVED* Is it possible to set/fake Mac Address / HWaddr ?

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*SOLVED* Is it possible to set/fake Mac Address / HWaddr ?

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Hi everybody,
I was wondering if it was possible- to specify the computer's MAC address or Hardware address when a program asks for it within WINE? This would solve some issues for me.
Last edited by jorx on Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:02 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Post by Thunderbird »

It sounds like you want to avoid a copy protection. Wine doesn't offer a way to fake a MAC address but of course you can using ifconfig ...
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Post by Daemon »

ifconfig <device> down
ifconfig <device> hw ether <MAC ADDRESS>
ifconfig <device> up

If your card/driver supports it.
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Post by jorx »

That works wonderfully!
It's funny- because I tried different commands for taking down the network driver- but this one is the only one that worked!
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