Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 23:28:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: hans@artcom.de, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD HA configuration / Ethernet address takeover Message-ID: <199804270628.XAA28527@bubba.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <199804251913.MAA00572@antipodes.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Apr 25, 98 12:13:57 pm"
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Mike Smith writes: > > Looking at the ifconfig manpage, I could not find a general way to set a > > Ethernet card's MAC address. Is there a documented solution to this > > problem? If not, would adding such functionality be problematic? > > Many network adapters sold into the PC market do not allow the MAC > address to be changed from the factory-assigned value. Because of > this, FreeBSD does not offer the facility to change the address (as it > wouldn't be a general solution). But for those cards that don't support it, FreeBSD could "spoof" it by putting the card in promiscuous mode and filtering destination Ethernet address in software. Although inefficient, it would work.. -Archie ___________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Whistle Communications, Inc. * http://www.whistle.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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