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Silica_V
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Hot Shot

MAC address

Can we change the MAC(Physical) address of the Virtual Machine?

Regards, Vijaykumar B.
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jgl1975
Expert
Expert

You can set the mac address with the following method.

edit the VMX file with the following lines

ethernet0.addresstype = "static"

ethernet0.address = "00:50:56:00:00:XX"

The mac address authorized can be picked up in the following range: 00:50:00:00:01 to 00:50:56:3F:FF:FF

Your vm needs to be shut down.

admin
Immortal
Immortal

You can possibly also change the MAC in the guest (depending on what guest you're using).

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rcardona2k
Immortal
Immortal

For most OS's (Window and Linux), it's usually easier to overwrite the VMware "hardware" address directly in the Guest OS. This is done via the properties of the NIC adapter or in the Windows registry. In Linux you override HWADDR in the if script for the interface (like eth0).

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Silica_V
Hot Shot
Hot Shot

Thank you very much.

it worked for me..

Regards, Vijaykumar B.
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robalo
Contributor
Contributor

Hi,

Where is the VMX file located in VM Ware for Mac (Fusion).

Thank you.

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WoodyZ
Immortal
Immortal

Where is the VMX file located in VM Ware for Mac (Fusion).

Have a look at:

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robalo
Contributor
Contributor

Found it. Thank you..!!!

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