"KHANN(inet)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm stucked with such a problem: > When I'm changing ether adress of my NIC(rl driver,Compex RL8139) > with "ifconfig ether <NEW MAC>", pings couldn't be sent. > > What i've tried to do: > Of course, i've read ifconfig's,rl's and route's mans, > but there is no description of how to avoid my problem. > Every time i change my MAC, i delete previous default rote > and add new one(the same). > > When i go to promiscuous mode - all becomes ok. > > Thank's for reading! :)
Check the packets themselves, but my guess would be that the router is still holding the old mapping for your address, and so the FreeBSD machine can't do much to fix it. [Other than wait five minutes for the ARP mapping to time out.] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
