Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 11:04:22 -0400 From: Louis LeBlanc <leblanc+freebsd@keyslapper.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MAC Addr Cloning Message-ID: <20030824150422.GA43396@keyslapper.org> In-Reply-To: <3F484667.3000909@openadventures.org> References: <3F48297A.7010806@openadventures.org> <20030824032149.GA91881@dan.emsphone.com> <3F484667.3000909@openadventures.org>
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On 08/23/03 10:00 PM, Thomas Smith sat at the `puter and typed: > Dan Nelson wrote: > > >In the last episode (Aug 23), Thomas Smith said: > > > > > >>I have a Cox Internet connection that I currently use a Netgear > >>router with. I'd like to hook my FreeBSD box to that connection and > >>use it instead. The problem is that Cox provisions accounts and if > >>the MAC address changes they have to be called to reprovision the > >>account. > >> > >>What I'd like to do is configure one of my NICs to clone the MAC of > >>the router. How is this done in FreeBSD? > >> > >> > > > >ifconfig fxp0 ether 01:02:03:04:05:06 > > > Excellent! This worked. > > What I was doing wrong was including the "ether" value as part of a > complete string. For example: > > ifconfig dc0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 > > This would return an error. This appearently has to do with the layer > the MAC works on versus the IP--since they're on different layers I have > to configure them seperately. > > Thanks for the input. Thanks also to the other poster, Louis LeBlanc. > > FYI to Louis: If you add a line, as follows, in your /etc/rc.conf you > can be ride of the "start_if.x10" file. > > ifconfig_x10="ether 00:00:00:00:00:00" > > I thought this may prove useful to you. Cool. You learn something new every day . . . Thanks! -- Louis LeBlanc leblanc@keyslapper.org Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ Thyme's Law: Everything goes wrong at once.
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