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Re: ifconfig change MAC address



I should have read the man pages more carefully.

ifconfig <interface> link <mac address> active

Greetings,

--Victor


Arnaud Degroote wrote:
Le mardi 28 juillet 2009 16:26:15, Victor Dorneanu a écrit :
> Hi there!
>
> Is there any reason why "ifconfig" doesn't implement any options on
> changing MAC addresses? Why do I have to use this
> (http://wiki.netbsd.se/Faking_a_MAC_address) workaround?
>


From what I understand from the man, it is supported since 5.0 using


ifconfig iface link layer2_addr activate


(see section examples and explanation for keyword activate).


Regards,
--


Arnaud Degroote
PhD student
RIA LAAS / CNRS


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