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Date:      Wed, 1 Apr 2009 12:59:14 +0400
From:      pluknet <pluknet@gmail.com>
To:        XkuIPjIedEYT XkuIPjIedEYT <xkuipjiedeyt@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How can I change the MAC address of ath0?
Message-ID:  <a31046fc0904010159x31966b23se44e507fc038e1a7@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1128196a0904010150v572edbd4sb9ab080e2cd8bbb1@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <1128196a0904010150v572edbd4sb9ab080e2cd8bbb1@mail.gmail.com>

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2009/4/1 XkuIPjIedEYT XkuIPjIedEYT <xkuipjiedeyt@gmail.com>:
> I'm running the FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT r190504.
>
> # dmesg | grep ^ath0
> ath0: <Atheros 5212> mem 0xf4000000-0xf400ffff irq 18 at device 11.0 on pci0
> ath0: [ITHREAD]
> ath0: AR2413 mac 7.9 RF2413 phy 4.5
>
> changing the MAC address directly on ath0 didn't work:
>
> # ifconfig ath0 link 00:aa:bb:cc:dd:ee
> ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): Operation not supported by device
>
> # ifconfig ath0 ether 00:aa:bb:cc:dd:ee
> ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): Operation not supported by device

It looks that something was changed in this area in r190508.

-- 
wbr,
pluknet



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