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From: "John Brooks" <john@day-light.com>
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Subject: RE: Network mac address
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try this:
  ifconfig <interface> link <address>

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John Brooks
john@day-light.com 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Stephen
> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 5:44 AM
> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
> Subject: Network mac address
> 
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I need to know if it's possable to change the network card's 
> mac address on a 
> FreeBSD 4.10 based machine. This machine is a firewall on a 
> cable company's 
> network and they use the mac address for billing etc. (The 
> user's system has 
> a subnet of ip's).
> 
> The network card is playing up and I need to change it but 
> keep the old cards 
> hardware ethernet address: ie: ether 01:50:08:c1:f9:a1
> 
> 
> -- 
> Stephen - vk3heg
> Ph: 0409149641
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