MAC address
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Hi everybody, i'm facing a simple conflict between me and my manager, i was developing a procedure where some consultant need to send his laptop's MAC address via mail before his arrival to our company so the IT department could make the necessary configuration before his arrival the answer of my manager was that is not possible since such information (MAC address) This type of info usually are not available before the person is on-site (in the company)and i need to make sure that any process assumes that we are on earth and live in the real world!!!! i'm not an IT man but in know that using IPCONFIG /ALL we retreive it AM i right guys ? please advise if there is anything unseen for me ! apreciating your help
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Hi everybody, i'm facing a simple conflict between me and my manager, i was developing a procedure where some consultant need to send his laptop's MAC address via mail before his arrival to our company so the IT department could make the necessary configuration before his arrival the answer of my manager was that is not possible since such information (MAC address) This type of info usually are not available before the person is on-site (in the company)and i need to make sure that any process assumes that we are on earth and live in the real world!!!! i'm not an IT man but in know that using IPCONFIG /ALL we retreive it AM i right guys ? please advise if there is anything unseen for me ! apreciating your help
AFAIK the MAC address is unique and fixed in hardware; if that is what your system administrators use for security, then yes one can send the MAC address value in advance and get things ready. FYI: Windows makes a soft copy, which you can modify, and uses the soft copy, so you can fake your MAC address. To re-instate the hardware-based MAC address one has to disable and re-enable the network card, or reboot the system. :)
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Hi everybody, i'm facing a simple conflict between me and my manager, i was developing a procedure where some consultant need to send his laptop's MAC address via mail before his arrival to our company so the IT department could make the necessary configuration before his arrival the answer of my manager was that is not possible since such information (MAC address) This type of info usually are not available before the person is on-site (in the company)and i need to make sure that any process assumes that we are on earth and live in the real world!!!! i'm not an IT man but in know that using IPCONFIG /ALL we retreive it AM i right guys ? please advise if there is anything unseen for me ! apreciating your help
Yes, the MAC address of a network card can be easily retrieved on any operating system. Additional to what Luc said, the MAC address of a laptop won't change if you use the laptop in a different LAN/network, on the other side the (assigned) IP address very likely will change... and perhaps this is where the confusion with your manager comes from. If you keep getting mixed messages, confirm information we gave you with a technical expert on site, e.g. network administrator of your IT department. ;) Hope this helps!
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Hi everybody, i'm facing a simple conflict between me and my manager, i was developing a procedure where some consultant need to send his laptop's MAC address via mail before his arrival to our company so the IT department could make the necessary configuration before his arrival the answer of my manager was that is not possible since such information (MAC address) This type of info usually are not available before the person is on-site (in the company)and i need to make sure that any process assumes that we are on earth and live in the real world!!!! i'm not an IT man but in know that using IPCONFIG /ALL we retreive it AM i right guys ? please advise if there is anything unseen for me ! apreciating your help
Tell your "manager" to stick to managing and leave the IT work to the people who know what they're doing! ;)
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Tell your "manager" to stick to managing and leave the IT work to the people who know what they're doing! ;)
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Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007, 2008
But no longer in 2009...Best answer in this thread :thumbsup: :)
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AFAIK the MAC address is unique and fixed in hardware; if that is what your system administrators use for security, then yes one can send the MAC address value in advance and get things ready. FYI: Windows makes a soft copy, which you can modify, and uses the soft copy, so you can fake your MAC address. To re-instate the hardware-based MAC address one has to disable and re-enable the network card, or reboot the system. :)
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Unless it is removed, every laptop I have ever had has the MAC address written on a label which is stuck to the machine by the OEM. Pick up your managers laptop and show him :)
Alan
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Unless it is removed, every laptop I have ever had has the MAC address written on a label which is stuck to the machine by the OEM. Pick up your managers laptop and show him :)
Alan
Yeah, so what? You can always go into the driver properties and give it a new MAC to use instead of the one in hardware.
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Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007, 2008
But no longer in 2009... -
Yeah, so what? You can always go into the driver properties and give it a new MAC to use instead of the one in hardware.
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Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007, 2008
But no longer in 2009...Not universally true but yes you could... but how many people even know you can do that? There are so many things that you 'could' do but it does not mean you 'do' do.
Alan
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Hi everybody, i'm facing a simple conflict between me and my manager, i was developing a procedure where some consultant need to send his laptop's MAC address via mail before his arrival to our company so the IT department could make the necessary configuration before his arrival the answer of my manager was that is not possible since such information (MAC address) This type of info usually are not available before the person is on-site (in the company)and i need to make sure that any process assumes that we are on earth and live in the real world!!!! i'm not an IT man but in know that using IPCONFIG /ALL we retreive it AM i right guys ? please advise if there is anything unseen for me ! apreciating your help