From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 14 18:15:54 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24F5091E for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:15:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ob0-f182.google.com (mail-ob0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4A438FC08 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:15:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ob0-f182.google.com with SMTP id 16so3690276obc.13 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:15:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=GpvHnCWKuewcuCWuJiUN+THEPPPrhcQ+qA40l4Tj5ss=; b=UK7c9rChgtn+aGP/c8GmndPpwkBNS5Ms1o/v9B/lMkdq+IihlXS0M2Jl/OcIYSnmSt /D7IRnCr7mX9/MJGKel201QQtB2wbWrcqL01OemeoXlFWy9aCkVJ1lwv5nVTlluuLt83 2E6iPZl9riObuq7PGDInhJSBa9Y/xzpYqqGXxTWTNNNY2SUOvR5ZWR0GGyx/y1gKvC29 zL2gAfTCwVA8bs1GhrcWHWb75BMkF6Y6hJcagIVQIpJ3r6Pr8uPpn2rWEibXB1xaQG5C zQUp2Td3HeFRFkUPaAaFyIbvPcoD8ZOaqZKNp4dMa4WbesHLrQIz8ih/bNXd3nxkNwCP J/Uw== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.124.98 with SMTP id mh2mr5269822obb.88.1355508952099; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:15:52 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.76.80.104 with HTTP; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:15:51 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:15:51 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: MAC cloning available like Linux has? From: Adam Vande More To: Chris H Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: freebsd-net X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:15:54 -0000 On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Chris H wrote: > > Greetings, > > I attempted another BSD install on another piece of hardware the > > other day. I'm evaluating a different ISP, and the gateway/router/modem > > they provided, has 1 ether, which I currently use on my server, and 1 > > USB(3) port that I had intended to use with the new install. Problem I > > ran into, was that BSD generates random (fake) MAC(3) addresses, when > > utilizing the CDCE(4)/ue0. This worked just fine during the install. > > But the modem "held" the MAC(3) generated during the install, and I > > now have no idea how to tell BSD to use that MAC(3) when negotiating > > with the modem. I had absolutely no difficulty assigning the MAC(3) > > address when spinning up several "live" Linux distro(s) -- they provide > > the following: > > su > > password: *** > > ifconfig eth1 down > > ifconfig eth0 hw ether ##:##:##:##:##:## > > dhclient eth0 > > blah, blah, blah > EDIT > those _should_ have all read "eth1" in the session quoted above. > Sorry. > > > > And I'm connected. > > Couldn't manage that with BSD. What must I do? Is it even possible? > > If so, can it be assigned for use on a permanent basis? > > > > Thank you for all your time, and consideration. > > http://lmgtfy.com/?q=freebsd+change+mac+address -- Adam Vande More