[+ Cc: bug-inetutils] Alex Kost <alez...@gmail.com> skribis:
> i...@danieleparisi.me i...@danieleparisi.me (2015-07-09 21:16 +0300) wrote: > >> Hello, I am trying to install guixsd with the installation image, my wireless >> internet provider allows me for only one MAC. The command I use to change the >> card mac on other distros and installation images is: >> >> ifconfig device hw ether NewMacAdress >> >> But with guixsd ifconfig fails telling me that the device can have only one >> address. Interesting to notice that I can put whatever device, even non >> existent >> names like "jlakjdj" and it tells the same thing, the device can only have on >> adress. I have an Atheros card. > > As I answered on IRC <https://gnunet.org/bot/log/guix/2015-07-09#T695806>, > my speculative guess is that perhaps ifconfig is patched on other > distros to handle this problem. I think most other distros use ‘ifconfig’ from net-tools, not from GNU inetutils. If think this is just unimplemented. Can someone at bug-inetutils comment? > Did you try "ip link set <device> address <address>"? This is in the ‘iproute2’ package. Should we add it to the installation image? Thanks, Ludo’.
