How change the MAC address of a networked computer

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Noob question here

I would like to change the MAC address of a networked computer

What is the correct sequence to follow in order to keep it on the domain?
 

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Thanks Barman
That is exactly what I want to do but when I change the network card settings I get a network error
 

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What kind of error you are getting? Screenshot perhaps?
 

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Thanks Barman
That is exactly what I want to do but when I change the network card settings I get a network error
Some vendor software will not work if you change the first 6 characters of the MAC address. It ignores the adapter and you might not get an IP.

http://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui.txt
(slow to format ~126k lines of text)
 

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