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Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 10:36:45 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: MAC cloning available like Linux has?
From: "Chris H" <chris#@1command.com>
To: "Glen Barber" <gjb@FreeBSD.org>
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> On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 10:11:41AM -0800, Chris H wrote:
>> Hello Glen, and thank you for your reply.
>> > On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 11:26:06PM -0800, Chris H wrote:
>> >> ifconfig_ue0="DHCP"
>> >> create_args_ue0="ether ##:##:##:##:##:##"
>> >> create_args is simply ignored.
>> >>
>> >
>> > Ignored how?  What commands are you running to verify it works?
>> > For me, create_args_IFNAME works fine on my firewall.
>>
>> Unfortunately, it had no affect for me.
>> The ue0 maintained the same MAC it started with.
>> Out of desperation, I even tried it in /boot/loader.conf.
>
> It is not a loader(8) tunable, it is part of the rc(8) system.
>
> You did not answer the important part of what I asked - how are you
> testing?  Are you rebooting the machine?  Are you using the netif rc
> script?

Ahh. Sorry, my bad. Rebooting.

I have no difficulty issuing:
ifconfig ue0 down
ifconfig ue0 ether ##:##:##:##:##:##
dhclient ue0

This method will always return the expected/desired results.

>
> Glen
>
>
Thanks for the reply.

--Chris