Hello Warren, and thank you for your reply. > On Sat, 15 Dec 2012, Chris H wrote: > >> Greetings Warren, and thank you for your reply. >> >>> On Fri, 14 Dec 2012, Chris H wrote: >>> >>>> with: ifconfig_ue0="ether ##:##:##:##:##:##; DHCP" >>>> the ether isn't honored (ignored) >>> >>> Remove the semicolon. I don't know if the order of parameters there >>> matters, but think that the rc scripts just look for the presence of >>> DHCP. >>> >>> This just worked in a VM here. >>> >> >> I'm afraid I didn't have the same experience trying that. :( >> Out of curiosity, what version did you use? I used the CD >> image of 9.0 I downloaded from freebsd.org yesterday. > > 9.0-RELEASE. The string I have in rc.conf: > > ifconfig_le0="ether 80:01:01:01:01:01 DHCP" > > dhclient runs, and the MAC address is set to that according to ifconfig > output. > > Is it possible that USB Ethernet adapters (or drivers) don't allow > changing the MAC address? Seems silly, but... >
Well, as I mentioned in my OP; works perfect in Linux, and also if I apply it manually at a CLI. But was a no-go via RC(8). However, I stumbled onto something that seems to work consistently (see my reply to Adrian's post). Thanks again, for taking the time to respond. --Chris _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"