From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 19 13:06:48 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8E2116A407 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:06:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de) Received: from smtprelay01.ispgateway.de (smtprelay01.ispgateway.de [80.67.18.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A3E243D4C for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:06:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de) Received: (qmail 6426 invoked from network); 19 Apr 2006 13:06:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) ([pbs]775067@[217.50.145.180]) (envelope-sender ) by smtprelay01.ispgateway.de (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 19 Apr 2006 13:06:45 -0000 Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:06:42 +0200 From: Fabian Keil To: Dave Message-ID: <20060419150642.1ff9230c@localhost> In-Reply-To: <002601c663ad$84e72270$0200a8c0@satellite> References: <002601c663ad$84e72270$0200a8c0@satellite> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.0.0 (GTK+ 2.8.6; i386-portbld-freebsd6.0) X-PGP-KEY-URL: http://www.fabiankeil.de/gpg-keys/freebsd-listen-2006-08-19.asc Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_4ViUCy=9dqEhgGKeXFcRK_w"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: changing a nic's mac address, freebsd6 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:06:49 -0000 --Sig_4ViUCy=9dqEhgGKeXFcRK_w Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "Dave" wrote: > I've got an rl0 nic on a freebsd6 machine that i need to change > it's mac address on a tempoary basis. I will want to change it back > when my testing is complete. I read this was feasible with opbnbsd, > and was wondering if the capability was available in fbsd6? Also, > does it matter which tempoary mac address i give the card? You can use "ifconfig rl0 ether $NEWMAC" to change the mac address, ether has been around for a while and doesn't require FreeBSD 6.x. You're free to choose any address you like, but most of the time taking a free one (not already taken in your network) makes sense. Fabian --=20 http://www.fabiankeil.de/ --Sig_4ViUCy=9dqEhgGKeXFcRK_w Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFERjXijV8GA4rMKUQRAlYCAJ9+csoV/0SuGmdTob4gxDcb7BU/SQCfZASP TLQ7POzTpYhhQTKlLWAncXs= =Vks2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_4ViUCy=9dqEhgGKeXFcRK_w--