Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 11:42:05 -0400 From: Bob Bomar <bob@ibsd.us> To: Peter <bivol@bivol.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MAC address & rc.conf Message-ID: <42ADA94D.50006@ibsd.us> In-Reply-To: <42AD7D09.50507@bivol.net> References: <42AD7D09.50507@bivol.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Peter wrote: | Hi, | My ISP have aauthorization by username, password AND mac address. | I currently make PPPoE connection from my laptop(win XP) to them. | However I want to put FreeBSD router in front of my laptop. | That is why I will need to make MAC address of outgoing ethernet card | same as my laptop. | I plan to make bash script(ifconfig down, ifconfig up) for that | purpose. | However I prefer a little bit cleaner solution ... | is there any way I can set MAC address for the network card in | rc.conf ? | Thanks :-))) | Kind regards, | Pete | When the system boots, it will read rc.conf, and then it will pass the ifconfig_inf="..." to ifconfig, so what I do is just to add ether aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff to that line: ifconfig_fxp0="inet 1.2.3.4 netmask 255.0.0.0 ether aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff" - -- Bob Bomar bob@bomar.us http://www.bomar.us/~bob -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCralK9Jm/aTrtdKoRAlFFAJ93Y0XL7OMbJcdhFvBxQP3XEtzP6QCeOHIQ 8m1uyAMjW8F1SW0E/HNYFBA= =d5HD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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