Look For “ Network Address” and you will see a window like this. Then on the left box you will settings that you can change. It will take you to a new window, there click on the “ Advance” Tab. Now Click on the “ Configure” button beside Your Drivers Name. If you choose some other connection it will generally take you to a window like this. I’ve chose my Local Area Connection Properties and it looks like this. Now Left click a connection and go to its properties. So If you want to change your MAC for LAN choose the Local Area Connection. Remember each network connection have their own unique MAC address. Then choose the one for which you want to change the MAC address for. In the window you will see connections that your computer is capable of like Wireless Network Connection or Local Area Connections. You can go through Start Menu -> Connect To -> Show All Connections or Go to Control Panel and click Network Connection. Now Lets go toįirst Go to Your Network Connections Window. Here the first the sequence represent the OUI (Organizational Unique Identifier) meaning it can be used to determine which manufacturer build it and the rest three are NIC specific address.
MAC address are of 48 bits, represented in HEX numbers and are grouped in 6 separated with a hyphen (-) or a colon (:). And generally used by devices that work on Datalink layer of the OSI Reference Model. You can also use the tutorial to find if your MAC address has changed after this tutorial.įirst something about MAC address, MAC address or Media Access Control address are unique address given to network devices like routers, NIC cards, modems and wireless adapters. Refer to Find an IP and MAC Address in Windowsfor how you can find your IP and MAC address.
This is a brief tutorial on how to change the MAC address on Windows XP, which is much easier and doesn’t require any software and can be reversed back to your original MAC address easily.