Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 13:30:10 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Adam Maas <mykroft@explosive.mail.net> Cc: mfromwald@gmx.at Subject: Re: set of ethernet adress on boot Message-ID: <20030607183010.GA25585@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <052301c32d09$3b485ea0$7419cdcd@mykroft.com> References: <15347.1054924369@www66.gmx.net> <3EE21EB4.9465.152854A@localhost> <052301c32d09$3b485ea0$7419cdcd@mykroft.com>
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In the last episode (Jun 07), Adam Maas said: > > > +-- Moritz Fromwald [freebsd] [06-06-03 20:32 +0200]: > > > | Is it possible to set the ethernet adress automatically at boot time > > > before | dhclient attempts to contact a DHCP? | thx & regards | | > > > moritz fromwald > > > yes. btw, why r u running dhclient if u r using static > > > ip? > > > > Hello, > > Well, I need to set the MAC adress before I contact > > the DHCP! > > regards > > moe > > You can't set the MAC address, that's hard coded into the card. MAC > Addresses are unique 48 bit ID's, no 2 cards have the same MAC, and it is > assigned at the factory. Lots of NICs do allow you to change the MAC address on the fly: ifconfig fxp0 ether 01:02:03:04:05:06 -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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