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I want to change MAC address in Linux
Name: Alex Date: March 10, 2002 at 03:18:35 Pacific
Comment:
I want to change MAC address in RedHat 7.2 , I heard it is posible with "ifconfig". Please help.
Name: Dave Date: March 10, 2002 at 08:35:49 Pacific
Reply:
Here is what the man page for ifconfig says. I really don't suggest changing your MAC address unless you REALLY know what you are doing, because you could seriously screw something up.
hw class address
Set the hardware address of this interface, if the device driver supports this operation. The keyword must be followed by the name of the hardware class and the printable ASCII equivalent of the hardware address. Hardware classes currently supported include ether (Ethernet), ax25 (AMPR AX.25), ARCnet and netrom (AMPR NET/ROM).
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Response Number 2
Name: jonRB Date: March 11, 2002 at 04:55:30 Pacific
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Well er no you can't screw things up (you might however not be able to use it if your MAC address needs to be registered with a dhcp server - eg cable companies)
THe change of the MAC address is not perminant with ifconfig, just for the duration of uptime (for perminant change you need a firmware upgrade ONLY availabel on new cards).
to change MAC address on ethernet card eth0
ifconfig hw
ie. #ifconfig eth0 hw ether ??:??:??:??:??:??
note only HEX characters are valid in the 12HEX MAC address.
J
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Response Number 3
Name: spi Date: April 25, 2002 at 12:34:22 Pacific
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Hi, i want to make more mac address on a single ethernet card. is it possible?
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Response Number 4
Name: sthneed Date: April 26, 2002 at 15:08:56 Pacific
Reply:
try:
ifconfig eth0:0 ipaddress
ifconfig eth0:1 ipaddress
.. etc.
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Response Number 5
Name: The PastyHermit Date: May 16, 2002 at 06:16:15 Pacific
Reply:
My Winblows instructor claims that this feature can only be done on a card that has the capability to store the MAC address in EEPROM, because the MAC address is used in CSMA/CD physical layer protocals. ifconfig changes the MAC address, can it do that to any Ethernet Card?
Let me know what you guys think. It would be good to know for security reasons.
Pasty.
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Response Number 6
Name: Eviljoeking Date: June 7, 2002 at 09:01:27 Pacific
Reply:
any idea where to put the ifconfig eth0 hw ether command in debian linux?
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