Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 10:54:53 -0500 From: "John Brooks" <john@day-light.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: MAC address & rc.conf Message-ID: <NHBBKEEMKJDINKDJBJHGEEIHJDAD.john@day-light.com> In-Reply-To: <42ADA94D.50006@ibsd.us>
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just curious... what happens when your 'router' and your 'laptop' both have the same MAC address? -- John Brooks john@day-light.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Bob Bomar > Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 10:42 AM > To: Peter; questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: MAC address & rc.conf > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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" > > > > - -- > 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 > > iD8DBQFCralK9Jm/aTrtdKoRAlFFAJ93Y0XL7OMbJcdhFvBxQP3XEtzP6QCeOHIQ > 8m1uyAMjW8F1SW0E/HNYFBA= > =d5HD > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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