Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx MAC address setting issues

Question

Hi,

I'm trying to get my local MAC address changed for Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx adapter in D620 running winXP. Based on Broadcom advice this should be pretty straightforward:

In Microsoft Windows, right-click the Network Adapter in Network Connections and then click Properties.
Click the Configure button and then the General tab.
Configure the "Locally Administered Address" parameter by assigning a unique node address for the adapter.

Netware: The Mac Address is configured by the adding Node=XXXXXXXXXXXX parameter to driver load command line in the AUTOEXEC.NCF file, where XXXXXXXXXXXX is the Locally Administered address.

However after clicking "configure" in "general" tab I see only "Driver Details, Update Driver, Roll Back Driver, Uninstall" buttons, on "advanced" tab I see "802.1p QOS", "Flow Control" "Speed and Duplex" and "Wake up Capabilities", however I CAN'T see "Locally Administered Address"

I've tried :

- reinstalling drivers, at the moment using latest from Broadcom, from 2006-12-15

- reinstalling Dell's drivers

- installing Broadcom's Control suite

Nothing has helped, anyone can advise?

Thanks

P.

posguy99 · Answer

You have no reason to need a different MAC address, other than to be nefarious.

zohor · Answer

thank you for very professional answer, could you kindly in future, unless you have nothing to say, stay silent and keep your childish comments to yourself, don't think you're able to read my mind and tell me what I need or not, I could suggest a thing or two you need, including some manners

so, unless you have anything specific to the subject to add, thank you for your wonderful and inspiring contribution

To anyone other, thread is still open, any technical advice?

P.

Nice way to alienate yourself on these forums. If I can be of any help, forget it. Good luck finding a solution to your problem.

Steve

volcano11 · Answer

zohor wrote:

thank you for very professional answer, could you kindly in future, unless you have nothing to say, stay silent and keep your childish comments to yourself, don't think you're able to read my mind and tell me what I need or not, I could suggest a thing or two you need, including some manners

so, unless you have anything specific to the subject to add, thank you for your wonderful and inspiring contribution

To anyone other, thread is still open, any technical advice?

P.

Nice way to alienate yourself on these forums. If I can be of any help, forget it. Good luck finding a solution to your problem.

Steve

zohor · Answer

Hmm, or maybe nice way of helping someone, with a technical query, not a moral dilemma, to insinuate things instead of answering the question?

also don't think it's that difficult to see beyond classic bla-bla about Mac address being the only source of truth, and anyone looking for a way to change them being a villain

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but a post saying along the lines "good laptop users don't mess with their mac addresses, unless they are up to something no good" is a perfect answer to a technical query, isn't it?

BTW: solution is very simple: regedit, proper key in proper class-id and network card disable/enable

P.

PS: I was expecting technical answers, but forgive me for being wrong

Message Edited by zohor on 03-04-2007 01:03 PM

dellnetrobert · Answer

Several years after this minor drama and I find myself in the same boat as Zohor. It should just be a technical question: how do I set the MAC addr? In my case its b/c I'm trying to put my pc directly on my network connection for a few minutes to troubleshoot my router. Not really sure why an explaination's needed though. Oh well, off to go searching my registry.

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