- Editing the VMX file of the VM
- Edit the VMX file of the VM
- Change the following line from ethernetN.addressType="vpx" to ethernetN.addressType="static" (N is the number of your ethernet adapter, usually 0)
- Next change the line "ethernetN.GeneratedAddress" to "ethernetN.address" and then change the current MAC address to "00:50:56:XX:YY:ZZ" (again N is the number of your ethernet adapter and XX is a valid hex number between 00 and 3F, and YY and ZZ are valid hex numbers between 00 and FF. The value for XX must not be greater than 3F in order to avoid conflict with MAC addresses that are generated by the VMware Workstation and VMware GSX Server products.)
- Power your VM back on. Login to the OS, go to the CMD prompt and type "ipconfig /all", your manually assigned MAC address should be listed for the NIC that you changed
Setting the NIC properties in Windows
- Edit the Local Area Connection propeties for the NIC you want to change
- Click the Configure button next to the NIC name
- On the Advanced tab select NetworkAddress
- In the Value field enter a new value for the MAC address, enter only numbers or letters, no spaces, dashes or colons. This MAC address can be any valid hex numbers between 00 and FF for any of the octets
- Click OK and that's it, the new MAC address takes effect immediately and will override any MAC address set by Vmware
