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Two devices with same MAC address?

How is it possible that my new Dell server and my old camera system head-unit (DVR) have the same MAC address?

If I look in DHCP I can see what the DVR MAC address is.
If I watch the bootup screen on the new server, I can see what the MAC address is.
I have compared them and they are the same!

 
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Assuming the 2 devices have different IP addresses - verify that the devices have different addresses by pinging them and then typing

arp -a

at a command prompt...this will tell you what the MAC addresses are - it is *extremely* unlikely as garycase says above !
You may be able to override the mfgr MAC address on your computer.  Look in the Advanced configuration of the NIC.