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Originally Posted by erics
you can spoof your address within windows. If you go to device manager, and right click on your NIC card. Go to the advanced tab, and click on network address. Assign a new one under value.
This will only work under windows, so don't plug in the network cable until after windows has completely booted up once the change is made.
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It's a convention but not all drivers pay attention to Network Address. Others expect the value to follow manufacturer ranges or they bail back to the hardware assignment. Check ipconfig /all to see if it's really changing, then plug in the cable.
Not a bad idea though. If your driver supports it, trying a bunch of addresses would be your best bet for invalidating the switch's MAC cache. Then again, you might get a midnight visit from your friendly net admin police. 
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