lorenzo martignoni wrote:
> Michael Renzmann wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > I heared that it is possible to change the mac adress of a network
> > interface card permanently (at least with some nics). How can this
> > be done, where could I find a program that does this?
>
> try this:
>
> ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:30:04:63:89:6C 196.1xx.1xx.1xx broadcast \
> 196.1xx.xxx.255 netmask 255.255.255.0
>
> this will not change permenently mac address but works well ;-)
>
Beware: That doesn't actually change the NIC's idea of it's MAC on all
drivers. In other words, it may not accept the pkts destined to the MAC
you just set, unless you put it in promisc mode. It will send pkts with the
mac you set though...
Ben
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