[vpn-help] Change virtual adapter's network (MAC) address?

Matthew Grooms mgrooms at shrew.net
Mon May 16 13:14:21 CDT 2011


On 5/16/2011 12:59 PM, Michael Ford wrote:
> We had someone tie the licensing of some software to the MAC address of
> the virtual adapter by accident rather than the MAC address of the NIC.
> I believe this causes the software to not work unless connected through
> VPN when the adapter is enabled and active. I was hoping there was a way
> to specify what MAC to use for the virtual adapter in case it ever
> changed, as it now seems highly likely.
>

It shouldn't change unless you try to establish two VPN connections 
simultaneously. This would cause a 2nd VPN adapter to be created with an 
alternate MAC address. But yes, using the virtual address is a bad idea 
for license registration.

-Matthew



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