Monday, September 15, 2008

Multiple NICs for ur Windows

If your PC does not have multiple NICs, you can use MS Loopback
adapters. (If you do have multiple nics, this part is not necessary.)
  • Go to Start > Control Panel
  • Click ‘Add Hardware’
  • Click ‘Next’
  • Select ‘Yes, I already have a connection’
  • Select ‘Add a new hardware device’
  • Select ‘Install from a list’
  • Click ‘Network Adapters’
  • Select Microsoft Loopback
  • Click ‘Next’
  • Click ‘Next’
  • Click ‘Finish’
  • Double-Click ‘Network Connections’
  • Rename the loopback interface to something descriptive.
then run "ipconig /all" to check the new NIC's mac address

Ethernet adapter Local Connection 2:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Loopback Adapter
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-4C-4F-4F-50
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.25.129
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :