I think he intends a little 'mac-skerading'.....
"Kelly, Christopher" wrote:
> The MAC addresses are "burned" into the NIC. If you need to have a different
> MAC, you will need to get another NIC.
>
> Chris Kelly
> Registered Linux user 185775
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gcobb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 7:33 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [newbie] Changing MAC address
>
> I've never seen a mac address that could be changed at all. I believe I'm
> correct in saying they're written into the chips on the NIC.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Grant
> > Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 9:34 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Changing MAC address
> >
> >
> > I don't believe you *can* change it. I believe it is hard coded into the
> > NIC.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mazen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 4:12 AM
> > Subject: [newbie] Changing MAC address
> >
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I wonder how to change the MAC address (hardware address) of the network
> > card. I have read something about that in the man pages of "ifconfig"
> > command.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >
> > > Mazen
> > >
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