hardcode a MAC address within a VM

[jose_maria_gonz]

Hi guys,

I am not sure now but I quite sure that I was able to hard code a MAC address within a MV using a not VMWare Mac Address pool. Am I correct? or this is not possible?

Saludos,

Jose Maria Gonzalez,

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[Gerrit_Lehr]

Well, you should be able to tell the NIC driver which MAC adress to use.

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Gerrit Lehr

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[weinstein5]

Within the VM you should be able to hard code a MAC Address - it is when you modify the VMX file that you have to be in VMware's Range -

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[AntonVZhbankov]

VI Client does not permit to enter MAC other than starting with 00:50:56 (VMware pool I guess).

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[AndreTheGiant]

For more info on how to change the MAC Address inside the VM:

http://www.tech-faq.com/change-mac-address.shtml

Andre

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[jose_maria_gonz]

Hi there,

I was under the impression that I was able to change the MAC within the VM before but it appears that I can not now.

The new MAC has to be within VMware MAC address pool regardless of the place (VIC o .vmx file) you try chaning it from... anyway I will read the info that Andre sent me.

Thank you guys, much appreciated.

Saludos,

Jose Maria Gonzalez,

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[Troy_Clavell · Accepted solution]

here are a couple KB's you may find useful if you have not seen them

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1008473

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/219

[jose_maria_gonz]

Hi Troy,

Thanks for your post. I was able to change the MAC no problem by following one of the KB article you sent me.

The issue was that I was putting the MAC address using colons!!. Without colons it works like a charm.

Saludos,

Jose Maria Gonzalez,

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