I will show you the command and ways to change your MAC address in different OS's such as Windows, Linux and Mac OS X
For Windows user follow the steps below :
a. Windows Vista:
Pre-requiste: Open command prompt and type getmac to see your current mac address
1. Open Network and Sharing Center
2. Go to Manage Network Connection, which you will see on the Left side of your screen
3. Now Right-Click on Local Area Connection and go to the properties
4. Now click on configure.. Windows might prompt you for the access... kindly ALLOW
5. Now go to the Advanced
6. Now search for Network Address or Locally Administrative Address or something related to MAC address...
7. Now in the textbox enter the new mac address and make sure you dont enter ":" (colon)..
8. Now click on OK
9. Open command prompt and type getmac... you will see your mac address is being changed :P
b. Linux and Mac OS:
1. Open Terminal and type ifconfig en0 | grep ether (Note : en0 for Mac and eth0 for Linux)
This command will return you the Mac Address of Ethernet
2. Now for changing the Mac Address type in terminal
sudo ifconfig en0 ether
then enter the password
3. Now you can check your mac address with the above command :P
Bye tc :)
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