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Date:      Fri, 21 Apr 2000 00:07:04 +0200
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@chello.nl>
To:        Ronald van der Pol <Ronald.vanderPol@surfnet.nl>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: setting Ethernet address on Ethernet card?
Message-ID:  <20000421000704.B8415@yedi.wbnet>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004202355040.25898-100000@sure.surfnet.nl>; from Ronald.vanderPol@surfnet.nl on Fri, Apr 21, 2000 at 12:01:23AM %2B0200
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004202355040.25898-100000@sure.surfnet.nl>

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On Fri, Apr 21, 2000 at 12:01:23AM +0200, Ronald van der Pol wrote:

> Is it possible to change the Ethernet address on an Ethernet card? If yes,
> how can I do this? My ADSL operator has my Ethernet address configured in

If this is the same 21041 card: the driver pulls the actual address from
the address ROM on the card. I suppose you could hack the driver source to 
put another address in. 

I don't think ifconfig can do it.

> his DHCP server. If I can set my Ethernet address, that would make my
> transition from one system to another easier.

Yep..

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