Mac – Is is possible to change MAC address of a WiMAX USB adapter

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Wondering if it is possible to change the MAC address of a WiMAX USB adapter (read WiMAX, not Wi-Fi) manufactured by Motorola, ZTE, Intel etc. I've tried a few tools that did changed the MAC address of the adapter to another valid MAC address (that I coped from another equipment made by same company) but then I was not able to connect to the network, the connection software took long time stating "obtaining IP address"; then few seconds after it got one said "lost IP address". Wondering if changing MAC address of such devices actually work.

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It is possible to change the MAC address with the motorola WiMax dongles that use the Motorola Connection manager. There is a hidden menu, and it can be changed in there. I don't remember the exact command to change it, and I don't have the software installed currently, but to access the hidden menu, go to the Profiles menu then hit: Ctrl + Shift + Alt + ~

Also, Intel only makes internal cards. It is not possible(unless you have the development tools, that are only available for intel employees) to change the mac.

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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 tricking the operating system to think that it is actually different. It can be done within the registry or using 3rd party software.

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If your hardware doesn't support changing it's MAC address then the easiest solution would be to purchase a new USB 802.11x card. Since the MAC address depends on the NIC a new usb card would do the trick.

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You can change your MAC address by doing this.

From the command line, log in as root and type;

ifdown eth0
ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:80:FF:FF:98:F5
ifup eth0

This change will only persist until you reboot, so you probably want to put this in your boot script /etc/init.d/

Credit : http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/suse-linux/24956-clone-mac-address.html

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