Dear all,
How I will set the hardware address of my interface card. Using "ifconfig" how I will do that. Anyone help me..
Thanx in Advance....
Warm Regards, vasu
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Srinivas wrote:
How I will set the hardware address of my interface card. Using "ifconfig" how I will do that. Anyone help me..
You cannot change the hardware address of your interface card through software. It is hardwired into your card's ROM.
On Friday 19 September 2003 12:16, Philip S Tellis wrote:
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Srinivas wrote:
How I will set the hardware address of my interface card. Using "ifconfig" how I will do that. Anyone help me..
You cannot change the hardware address of your interface card
through
software. It is hardwired into your card's ROM.
well you can on most cards. they have a serial eeprom and sometimes some dos utilities to change the hardware (mac) address. Without the utilities you have to wire up the eeprom and use one of several tools available on GNU/Linux. Check up freshmeat for ponyprog (i think).
Philip S Tellis wrote:
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Srinivas wrote:
How I will set the hardware address of my interface card. Using "ifconfig" how I will do that. Anyone help me..
You cannot change the hardware address of your interface card through software. It is hardwired into your card's ROM.
It is not possible to change the hardware address of the NIC (Network Card), but it is possible to force the card to show a different address from what it is wired to. The option for this is in the network configureation. I have only used it in GUI mode, so I cant tell you how it is done in command mode. In PCQ8 Distro, the option is provided in the Network Configuration.
However, it will not work properly on all network cards.
Regards Saswata
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Saswata Banerjee & Associates wrote:
configureation. I have only used it in GUI mode, so I cant tell you how it is done in command mode. In PCQ8 Distro, the option is provided in the Network Configuration.
#ifconfig eth0 hw ether 10f45a3421a4
use the appropriate hardware address above
On 19/09/03 12:16 +0530, Philip S Tellis wrote:
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Srinivas wrote:
How I will set the hardware address of my interface card. Using "ifconfig" how I will do that. Anyone help me..
You cannot change the hardware address of your interface card through software. It is hardwired into your card's ROM.
man ifconfig is your friend. To make the change permanent on RH systems and derivatives, MACADDR=aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff in the appropriate ifcfg-eth* file.
Devdas Bhagat
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