On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 23:40:00 +1000, Tom Massey wrote: > * mdevin [2002-09-21 22:42]: > > Hmmm, that is interesting. But how do I change my mac address? My > > ethernet card has this hard coded in its chip by the manufacturer. I > > can't see how you can override that. If you did, then the ARP system > > would break, right? > > You can use ifconfig to change the MAC address quite easily on a > number of cards. You need to bring the interface down first, and > then the command is something like: > > ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:00:AA:AA:AA:AA > > Where eth0 is the interface you want to change and 00:00:AA:AA:AA:AA > is the MAC address you want to give it. I'm not entirely sure what > this does to ARP requests, but I think the system is robust enough > that this doesn't break anything. This doesn't work on all cards, > and usually the changed address only lasts until the next boot. > Wow! I didn't know you could do that. It will be interesting to see if I can make my ISP give me the IP address I want. I have just gotten my domain name servers updated again so I won't try it now. But next time they change my IP address, I am going to try this approach. Thanks for the info. Mark.
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