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Date:      Fri, 14 May 1999 11:10:57 -0600
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        Steve.Gailey@db.com
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ifconfig: changing mac address
Message-ID:  <199905141710.LAA11648@mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <199905141618.RAA03237@pow.srv.uk.deuba.com>
References:  <199905141618.RAA03237@pow.srv.uk.deuba.com>

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> Is it possible to change the mac address of an ethernet card using 
> ifconfig?

Not in any 'standard' card, no.  Some cards (in SUN workstations) allow
you to swap the EEPROM with the mac address, and I'll bet somewhere
someone has designed a card with a programmable mac address, but
normally it's not settable.



Nate


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