On 2014-08-21, John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 8/21/2014 7:09 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>> I am trying to override the mac addr.
>
> pretty sure you need to use NIC model specific utilities to do this,
> ifcfg-ethN won't do it. the hwaddr= in there is for finding the nic,
> not for reprogramming it.
ifconfig claims to support it:
hw class address
Set the hardware address of this interface, if the device driver
supports this operation. The keyword must be followed by the
name of the hardware class and the printable ASCII equivalent of
the hardware address. Hardware classes currently supported
include ether (Ethernet), ax25 (AMPR AX.25), ARCnet and netrom
(AMPR NET/ROM).
The important item is of course "if the device driver supports this
operation". If not then a tool downloaded from the NIC manufacturer
might be the only way.
Unfortunately I do not know whether ifcfg-eth* supports this ifconfig
syntax.
--keith
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