easy to do
using putty telnet to the box
type following command
vi /etc/network/interfaces
you wil see the network config file
press the INSERT or INS key
go down to following line
iface eth0 inet dhcp
now under that line type following
hwaddress ether <mac address>
obviously substitute mac address
now press ESC key
then
:wq
(yes colon then w then q) which means write and quit
restart box for new mac address to become active
Hi jfish and thanks for your help. I tried putting the command in putty but get vi/etc/network/ interfaces not found. I'm new to this and my be doing somthing wrong, I put ip in putty then Type root then the command line enter that you said and get not found. Can you see what I'm doing wrong.
Thanks noga
No space, will try with space.
Just got lots of ~ ~
Think I've done it just put the :wq I'll restart box if that's worked do I just close putty born?if you want I can remote onto a laptop and do the changes
Di I need a reboot or just turn box office on.you can tell if it works if the IP address is now the old box's IP address
you can tell if it works if the IP address is now the old box's IP address
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