Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:32:19 -0400 From: Bob Bomar <bob@ibsd.us> To: Peter <bivol@bivol.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MAC address & rc.conf Message-ID: <42ADDF43.1040002@ibsd.us> In-Reply-To: <42ADACE1.8070008@bivol.net> References: <NHBBKEEMKJDINKDJBJHGEEIHJDAD.john@day-light.com> <42ADACE1.8070008@bivol.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Peter wrote: | I am also curios and I will found out :) | Peter | John Brooks wrote: | | just curious... | | what happens when your 'router' and your 'laptop' both have the | same MAC address? | | -- | John Brooks | [1]john@day-light.com | | | | -----Original Message----- | From: [2]owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org | [[3]mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Bob Bomar | Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 10:42 AM | To: Peter; [4]questions@freebsd.org | Subject: Re: MAC address & rc.conf | | | 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" | Just add a similar line to the laptop, and change it by one number i.e.: 00:11:22:33:44:55 Router 00:11:22:33:44:56 Laptop - -- 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 iD8DBQFCrd9C9Jm/aTrtdKoRAt6FAJ934JhWAEI1WbvWy5st+wwXWAE7wACggIuh qMKwAgd+pwP6E1d6J/uaTEo= =fGL8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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