Best Joe thread evah.
Keep up the good work, buddy.
On windows you do it in the registry or right click on the adapterBest Joe thread evah.
Keep up the good work, buddy.
Actually @Biggie Smiles - the thread was meant as a computer tech question for & other techies in this forum.
I deleted it cuz at the time I couldn't think of the proper wording or way to say it.
By any chance, do you know if it is possible to change the physical MAC address on an old computer?
I have this old Silicon Graphics workstation and some old Alias/Maya software that runs on the SGI Irix/Unix platform. But the software is tied to a specific MAC address of another computer
I figgered if I could change the Mac Address on my SGI computer, I could install the software and make it run.
Is this possible?
Or if a person is stuck with a certain MAC address it is what it is?
How would you reconfigure a MAC address?
Can it be done through software?
Or is it strictly hardware based and the user must rip the hardware entirely and replace it?
On windows you do it in the registry or right click on the adapterBest Joe thread evah.
Keep up the good work, buddy.
Actually @Biggie Smiles - the thread was meant as a computer tech question for & other techies in this forum.
I deleted it cuz at the time I couldn't think of the proper wording or way to say it.
By any chance, do you know if it is possible to change the physical MAC address on an old computer?
I have this old Silicon Graphics workstation and some old Alias/Maya software that runs on the SGI Irix/Unix platform. But the software is tied to a specific MAC address of another computer
I figgered if I could change the Mac Address on my SGI computer, I could install the software and make it run.
Is this possible?
Or if a person is stuck with a certain MAC address it is what it is?
How would you reconfigure a MAC address?
Can it be done through software?
Or is it strictly hardware based and the user must rip the hardware entirely and replace it?
in linux you use a program called macchanger or you do it manually with ifconfig
NO. Mac addresses are burned into the card by the vendor at the time of assembly. However, you can get local software to recognize the change and remote computers will recognize it on the LAN due to arp repliesOn windows you do it in the registry or right click on the adapterBest Joe thread evah.
Keep up the good work, buddy.
Actually @Biggie Smiles - the thread was meant as a computer tech question for & other techies in this forum.
I deleted it cuz at the time I couldn't think of the proper wording or way to say it.
By any chance, do you know if it is possible to change the physical MAC address on an old computer?
I have this old Silicon Graphics workstation and some old Alias/Maya software that runs on the SGI Irix/Unix platform. But the software is tied to a specific MAC address of another computer
I figgered if I could change the Mac Address on my SGI computer, I could install the software and make it run.
Is this possible?
Or if a person is stuck with a certain MAC address it is what it is?
How would you reconfigure a MAC address?
Can it be done through software?
Or is it strictly hardware based and the user must rip the hardware entirely and replace it?
in linux you use a program called macchanger or you do it manually with ifconfig
So ....that will change the 'physical' MAC Address so the software installer recognizes it/ matches it & can install it?
what OS does the machine use?Oh, it's a very old computer, the Silicon Graphics O2 workstation that I bought when the company went out of business for $200. It was the same one that was used to make the special effects for the 1st Jurassic Park movie.
At the time companies were throwing these computers out the window and they were cheap. But now there's been a resurgence in vintage computers and they've become expensive again.
I managed find a listing on ebay for Alias software with all the cds and manuals. And it has a physical MAC address associated with it.
Obviously I'm not planning to use this commercially but just for fun.
I just wanna see if I can get this old machine up and running again for fun.
Apparently some people still use them. I suppose if they could be networked up to a modern apple or Windows PC thru ether net they could still be useful by transfer data like megs or jpegs.
what OS does the machine use?Oh, it's a very old computer, the Silicon Graphics O2 workstation that I bought when the company went out of business for $200. It was the same one that was used to make the special effects for the 1st Jurassic Park movie.
At the time companies were throwing these computers out the window and they were cheap. But now there's been a resurgence in vintage computers and they've become expensive again.
I managed find a listing on ebay for Alias software with all the cds and manuals. And it has a physical MAC address associated with it.
Obviously I'm not planning to use this commercially but just for fun.
I just wanna see if I can get this old machine up and running again for fun.
Apparently some people still use them. I suppose if they could be networked up to a modern apple or Windows PC thru ether net they could still be useful by transfer data like megs or jpegs.
Pirating some kind of software which relies on it as it's authenticator?
How long have you had the machine, Joe?
It sounds like the answer might be "Yes" as it appears the license was for one machine (specdific NIC) only. But maybe the software is now "public domain" software based on some obscure copyright law or something. I am sure the resident legal expert Murdock could clarify.
Vids of singers badly lip-syncing to their own tunes just don't do it for me.