Change MAC Address?

[Dave H]

I would like to set up an instance on GCE to run an enterprise application that unfortunately, is running a license manager bound to a particular MAC address.

How can I change the MAC address for the NIC in my Windows Server 2012 instance?

[Paul Nash]

Hi Dave,

Sorry, but customizing the MAC address is not currently supported in GCE. :/

On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 9:35 AM, Dave H <david....@gmail.com> wrote:

I would like to set up an instance on GCE to run an enterprise application that unfortunately, is running a license manager bound to a particular MAC address.

How can I change the MAC address for the NIC in my Windows Server 2012 instance?

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[Dave H]

Ok, as a work-around can I create another NIC with my own MAC address and add it to the machine?  Something link this for AWS?

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-eni.html

On Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 3:18:32 PM UTC-4, Paul Nash wrote:

Hi Dave,

Sorry, but customizing the MAC address is not currently supported in GCE. :/

On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 9:35 AM, Dave H <david....@gmail.com> wrote:

I would like to set up an instance on GCE to run an enterprise application that unfortunately, is running a license manager bound to a particular MAC address.

How can I change the MAC address for the NIC in my Windows Server 2012 instance?

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[Carlos (Cloud Platform Support)]

Hi Dave, 

I am not sure if by tweaking some settings in GCP you can achieve this without affecting the server functionality. I would rather suggest to contact the software vendor, they might offer you a license scheme that works for you. GCE instances will keep the same MAC address as long as they exists.