On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 15:46, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Eric Spakman wrote: > > | Hi Stephen, > | > | Good question, I don't have a direct answer. You could try a few things: > | -Use your NIC (dos) utils to set the hw address. > | -Use something like the following in the interfaces file: > | auto eth0 > | iface eth0 inet dhcp > | pre-up ip link set address <hw-address> eth0 up > | > | -Add '-I <hw-address>' to the OPTIONS line in the dhcpcd config file > | (although I'm not sure if this set the mac-address) > > Using the "ip link set address ..." is probably the best short-term > solution, if you only need to do this a few times. > > It's also possible to re-code the EEPROM on most popular NICs so the setting > is permanent (ie: "clone" your old network card). Just make sure you > *NEVER* plug the two devices with the same MAC into the same hub or switch! > > When I need to do this, I typically use the diagnostic programs from scyld: > > http://www.scyld.com/network.html > http://www.scyld.com/ethercard_diag.html > > The diagnostic programs are also very good for other low-level debug or > configuration of your NIC. > > NOTE: IIRC, you have to set a define to compile the "unsafe" option of > being able to recode the hardware EEPROM. It's been a while since I did > this...there are comments in the code with the details.
Actually I was able to use ip link set address successfully but I decided I wanted a more permanent solution. As suggested, I tried ethtool but it didn't seem to make the mac address permanent. I also looked for the manufacturers DOS utility (3Com 950 and Intel Pro100) to change the address but got lazy and gave up when the ISP assured me that if I registered the new mac address I would get the same IP back. We'll see about that... Thanks for all the replies! Stephen ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
