Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 10:17:15 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Rasmus Skaarup <rasmus@gal.dk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MAC address Message-ID: <20000607101715.A17973@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006071853510.20965-100000@skaarup.org>; from rasmus@gal.dk on Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 06:56:46PM %2B0200 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006071853510.20965-100000@skaarup.org>
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* Rasmus Skaarup <rasmus@gal.dk> [000607 09:58] wrote: > > Hi, > > I found a tool to change the MAC of a NIC: > > http://www.freebsd.org/~wpaul/mac.tar.gz > > I wanted to bypass a nasty "feature" in the Intel NIC on some Compaq > systems, which demand that you use the Compaq driver for Win32 systems. > > Unfortunately, my FreeBSD 4.0 system core dumps when running the tool > like so: > > $ ./setmac fxp0 ef:ef:ef:ef:ef:ef > Bad system call (core dumped) > $ > > Maybe my syntax is wrong, I don't know, I can't find any > documentation.. The tool was apparently written for FreeBSD, but I > don't know which version. Can you help me with this, or otherwise help me > change the MAC address of my NIC? Ok, the setmac tarball contains a kernel module that you need to load to enable the "setmac" syscall, you need to do this: cd module_3.2/ make kldload ./setmac.ko cd ../setmac/ make ./setmac fxp0 00:90:27:3c:77:aa I think this utility should be in the base system, any arguments why not? -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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