Re: Changing the MAC address on a LAN adapter
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 3:47 PM, John R. Levine jo...@iecc.com wrote: Is this a known problem? As far as I know, it's supposed to work. How you change MAC address? With ether command? # ifconfig em0 ether 01:17:a4:8f:04:5d Well, if it does not work it can be driver bug. In iwn case try to set MAC address of iwn before creating wlan or you will need to set same MAC on wlanX and iwn. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Changing the MAC address on a LAN adapter
On 01/25/11 01:14, Paul B Mahol wrote: On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 3:47 PM, John R. Levinejo...@iecc.com wrote: Is this a known problem? As far as I know, it's supposed to work. How you change MAC address? With ether command? # ifconfig em0 ether 01:17:a4:8f:04:5d Well, if it does not work it can be driver bug. In iwn case try to set MAC address of iwn before creating wlan or you will need to set same MAC on wlanX and iwn. Actually I can confirm that. I use lagg for failover, and I remember now you have to set the 'real' interface to the MAC of the other lagg member, not a 'psuedo-device' or it won't work. Same principle applies here. HTH ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Changing the MAC address on a LAN adapter
Is this a known problem? As far as I know, it's supposed to work. Well, if it does not work it can be driver bug. Well, yes, that's what I'm asking. Is it a known driver bug? In iwn case try to set MAC address of iwn before creating wlan or you will need to set same MAC on wlanX and iwn. Done that, doesn't help. Regards, John Levine, jo...@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of The Internet for Dummies, Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. http://jl.ly___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Changing the MAC address on a LAN adapter
Da Rock wrote: On 01/25/11 01:14, Paul B Mahol wrote: On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 3:47 PM, John R. Levinejo...@iecc.com wrote: Is this a known problem? As far as I know, it's supposed to work. How you change MAC address? With ether command? # ifconfig em0 ether 01:17:a4:8f:04:5d Well, if it does not work it can be driver bug. In iwn case try to set MAC address of iwn before creating wlan or you will need to set same MAC on wlanX and iwn. Actually I can confirm that. I use lagg for failover, and I remember now you have to set the 'real' interface to the MAC of the other lagg member, not a 'psuedo-device' or it won't work. Same principle applies here. HTH ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org Ethernet MAC addresses are assigned by the manufacturer of the equipment. Each unit gets a unique address which generally can't be changed and shouldn't be changed. The manufacturer buys a block of addresses from the IEEE. Best regards, Fred ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Changing the MAC address on a LAN adapter
On Jan 24, 2011, at 10:44 AM, Fred wrote: Ethernet MAC addresses are assigned by the manufacturer of the equipment. Each unit gets a unique address which generally can't be changed and shouldn't be changed. The manufacturer buys a block of addresses from the IEEE. Yes, although folks can set the locally administered bit in the 6-byte MAC address instead of using globally administered addresses vendor-assigned blocks from IEEE OUI... Regards, -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Changing the MAC address on a LAN adapter
On 01/25/11 04:44, Fred wrote: Da Rock wrote: On 01/25/11 01:14, Paul B Mahol wrote: On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 3:47 PM, John R. Levinejo...@iecc.com wrote: Is this a known problem? As far as I know, it's supposed to work. How you change MAC address? With ether command? # ifconfig em0 ether 01:17:a4:8f:04:5d Well, if it does not work it can be driver bug. In iwn case try to set MAC address of iwn before creating wlan or you will need to set same MAC on wlanX and iwn. Actually I can confirm that. I use lagg for failover, and I remember now you have to set the 'real' interface to the MAC of the other lagg member, not a 'psuedo-device' or it won't work. Same principle applies here. HTH ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org Ethernet MAC addresses are assigned by the manufacturer of the equipment. Each unit gets a unique address which generally can't be changed and shouldn't be changed. The manufacturer buys a block of addresses from the IEEE. Best regards, Fred Yes, but for lagg to work both adapters need the same MAC- otherwise routing wouldn't work properly (long story short). BTW, my wifi is iwn and I have had no trouble. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Changing the MAC address on a LAN adapter
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 3:38 AM, John Levine jo...@iecc.com wrote: My Lenovo laptop running 8.1 has two ordinary Intel network adapters, a wired PRO/1000 with the em driver and a WiFi PRO/Wireless 5300 with the iwn driver. They work fine, but for either one if I use ifconfig to change the MAC address, the adapter won't actually work until I change the address back to the native one. Typical symptoms are endless DHCP queries with no response. Is this a known problem? As far as I know, it's supposed to work. How you change MAC address? With ether command? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Changing the MAC address on a LAN adapter
Is this a known problem? As far as I know, it's supposed to work. How you change MAC address? With ether command? # ifconfig em0 ether 01:17:a4:8f:04:5d Regards, John Levine, jo...@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of The Internet for Dummies, Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. http://jl.ly___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Changing the MAC address on a LAN adapter
My Lenovo laptop running 8.1 has two ordinary Intel network adapters, a wired PRO/1000 with the em driver and a WiFi PRO/Wireless 5300 with the iwn driver. They work fine, but for either one if I use ifconfig to change the MAC address, the adapter won't actually work until I change the address back to the native one. Typical symptoms are endless DHCP queries with no response. Is this a known problem? As far as I know, it's supposed to work. R's, John PS: If you were wondering, obnoxious airport wifi that cuts you off after an hour and won't let you back on until the next day, keyed by MAC address. em0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.0.5 port 0x1840-0x185f mem 0xf260-0xf261,0xf2625000-0xf2625fff irq 20 at device 25.0 on pci0 em0: Using MSI interrupt iwn0: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 5300 mem 0xf250-0xf2501fff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci3 iwn0: MIMO 3T3R, MoW, address 00:21:6a:b5:18:48 iwn0: [ITHREAD] iwn0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps iwn0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps iwn0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
