On 09/14/2011 11:08 AM, mukund jampala wrote: > I am using a intel 10G 2 port fiber card with 2 10G SFP+ ports using > the Intel 82599 chipset > > I wan to update the MACS of this network card to my own macs. > whats the right way to update the MACs on this device. > > I don't want to bring this card. In the past I tried updating a > similar card and ended up breaking it. > let me know if oy need more info. > > My devide info > # cat /sys/class/net/eth16/device/device > 0x10d3 > / # cat /sys/class/net/eth16/device/vendor > 0x8086 > > driver vesion: > ethtool -i eth17 > driver: ixgbe > version: 2.0.62-k2 > firmware-version: 3.13-0 > bus-info: 0000:08:00.0 > > Thanks, > Mukund J Your email doesn't make it clear are you looking to update your MAC addresses permanently or just temporarily?
If you are just wanting to temporarily update your address you can use " ip link set ethX address AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF". As far as a permanent solution it is not recommended since you could potentially corrupt your EEPROM. Thanks, Alex ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-devcon-copy2 _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
