Ok, so you want to check and make sure you can test your IDS, or your mac address filter, but you don’t have anymore wireless cards. The simple thing to do in linux is to use the ifconfig command to change the ether hw.

On windows, it’s no so simple, but there is hope, and free utilities to change your mac address of any network card in your computer.

Try out macshift, a free XP tool to change your mac address.