[oclug] ethernet MAC Address

Michael Milner milner at hotmail.com
Sun Feb 11 01:52:44 EST 2001


Hey,

Just a curiousity question.

I came accros this ifconfig command

ifconfig eth0 hw ether ${MACADDR}

Does this actually change the NIC's mac address?? (Temporarily of course)

If so, what is it used for?

Could I use this to prevent my troubles on Rogers when switching network
cards?

Thanks,

Mike Milner



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