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changing MAC address

From: buanzox () USA NET (Arturo Busleiman)
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 11:23:23 -0300


This is question regarding an old thread.

as an example, under linux, as root:

  ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:aa:23:ce:3a:11

changes the mac address of eth0 to 00:aa:23:ce:3a:11, iirc.


        [root@machine /root]# ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:aa:23:ce:3a:11
        SIOCSIFHWADDR: Device or resource busy

why does this happen? under which circumstances can I use ifconfig for
that purpose?

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Current thread:

changing MAC address Arturo Busleiman (Mar 29)
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