Hi all. We were able to achieve the objective, using a Virtual Interface, with the required MAC address, as per http://www.pocketnix.org/posts/Linux%20Networking:%20MAC%20VLANs%20and%20Virtual%20Ethernets
Thanks everyone for the help !!! On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Ajay Garg <ajaygargn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Bjorn for the reply. > > > On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Bjørn Mork <bj...@mork.no> wrote: > >> Ajay Garg <ajaygargn...@gmail.com> writes: >> >> > We are trying to change the MAC-address on a RHEL6 machine, and have >> tried >> > the various RHEL6-specific steps (available on the internet) to do the >> same. >> > The end result is that we are able to change the MAC address, but >> > thereafter, all incoming and outgoing network packets are dropped. >> > >> > If we revert the MAC address to the "original" one, all >> incoming/outcoming >> > packets navigate fine. >> >> This sounds like it could be a driver bug. Which driver? >> > > Doing a grep in dmesg, shows as :: > > [ajay@localhost]$ dmesg | grep 'Ethernet driver' > r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded > > > Also, I assume you meant that the packets being dropped is the bug, and > not the "packets being allowed fine after reverting MAC address" :-P > > > > > >> >> > Keeping aside any moral constraints :P, is it possible at all to >> "spoof" a >> > MAC address on RHEL6? >> >> Changing the MAC address should be possible on Ethernet. Or you can't >> run DECnet ;-) >> >> But you didn't even tell us if this was an ethernet interface.... >> > > Ahh, sorry for being unclear before --- it is a vanilla ethernet "eth0" > interface. > > > > >> >> >> Bjørn >> >> > > Thanks again for the reply; I hope the information provided helps in > solving the issue :) > > > -- > Regards, > Ajay > -- Regards, Ajay
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