For some reason, Windows Vista (Ultimate 6.0.6000) is not letting me
change the MAC address of a D-Link DWL-G510 wireless PCI adapter.

If I make the change, reboot, and bring up the adapter Properties
(through Device Manager), click on Advanced, and select Network Address,
it does still show the value as being selected and set to the changed
MAC address.

Also, if I use Regedit to go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}

and then to the adapter's subkey under there, the appropriate
"NetworkAddress" string value is set to the changed MAC address.

However, when I execute "IPCONFIG /ALL" the Physical Address shown is
still the real hardware MAC address.

I even tried logging in as "Administrator" and see the exact same thing
there. The Registry and adapter properties show the changed MAC
address, but IPCONFIG (and my router's DHCP client table) still show the
original physical address is being used.

This is a dual boot system and I can change the same adapter's MAC under
XP, so this must be a Vista specific problem.

Even stranger, there is another adapter built-in to the motherboard and
I can change that MAC address under Vista without any problems. It's
just the D-Link adapter that a change doesn't take effect on.

I've also tried various release/flush/renew, reboot, and power cycle
combos without any success and there are no MAC address conflicts.

Any ideas? Is there some trick I'm missing?

Artemus, I hope you have solved this problem by now. I too experienced
the exact same problems as you when attempting to change the MAC address
on my laptop's internal Broadcom wireless adapter. I too have a dual
boot and had no problems changing the MAC address in XP but could not do
so in Vista. In Vista the wireless adapter allowed me to change the
"locally administered address" through Device Manager and the change
showed up in the registry, but ipconfig/all revealed no change. I also
installed a pcmcia wireless adapter (after disabling the internal one)
and it too allowed changes through Device Manager and the registry, but
none occurred. I also went into the hidden Administrator account and
tried the same procedure but to no avail. Perhaps it has something to do
with Vista's product activation technique, which may be more stringent
than XP's. Any proven technique would be vastly welcomed. Thanks.


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update your network card driver
i had the same problem and i thought of it and it worked for me
tell me if it worked


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YOP, IT WORKS

updating the drivers solved the mac spoofing problem (on Win2008
Server)

many thanks sunwael


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Sorry for bumping an old thread, but I have this exact same problem, and
I cannot fix it. Does anybody know a solution for this problem? I have
an atheros 11b/g mini PCI adapter.

EDIT: Updating drivers did nothing.


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and this exact same problem is????


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Sorry for bumping an old thread, but I have this exact same problem, and
I cannot fix it. Does anybody know a solution for this problem? I have
an atheros 11b/g mini PCI adapter.

EDIT: Updating drivers did nothing.


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I'm having the same problem.

Trying to change the MAC address of the internal Wifi in Vista
Business.

All programs fail , except this one:

Quick MAC Address Changer (6 Day Trial Version)

http://quick-mac-address-changer.software.informer.com/

In trial mode (Run as admin) , it really changes the mac in vista, but
only to 0A0A0A0Axxxx.

You can see with ipconfig that the mac has been changed.

Even the options of the wifi show the new mac 0A0A0A0Axxxx.

And it stays , even after reboot.

Don't bother changing it again in windows , this will just reset the
mac to it's original.

So the question is , is it worth the $15 ?


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Hi,

I had the same problem under the Vista Bussines and I think I have
solved it but wit one restriction.

Try to do this:

Go to start and type regedt32. Go to registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\
Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\. Under this key you will
find a bunch of sub keys labeled as 0000, 00001, 0002 and so forth. You
can assume any MAC address you want by finding the key that controls the
NIC we want to change, putting in a string value called "NetworkAddress"
and setting it to the MAC address we want to use formatted as a twelve
digit hex number. To find out which key is which we can search through
them for the value "DriverDesc" until we find the one that matches the
NIC we wish to alter. The *restriction* that I mentioned is that the
first two hex digits must be different of 00. (for exmpl. *11 *20 BF 12
AB FF). After you set "NetworkAddress" to the address you want just
restart the NIC by disabling it then enabling it or restart computer.
You can check the MAC address change by using the"ipconfig /all" command
in command prompt.

I hope this will help.


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If it doesn't work try to do it with this program but keep on mind
mentioned restriction.

http://rapidshare.com/files/21086024...anger.rar.html


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