Re: [ILUG-BOM] How I will change the hardware address?

Philip S Tellis wrote:

On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Srinivas wrote:

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How I will set the hardware address of my interface card. Using "ifconfig" how I will do that. Anyone help me..

You cannot change the hardware address of your interface card through software. It is hardwired into your card's ROM.

It is not possible to change the hardware address of the NIC (Network Card), but it is possible to force the card to show a different address from what it is wired to. The option for this is in the network configureation. I have only used it in GUI mode, so I cant tell you how it is done in command mode. In PCQ8 Distro, the option is provided in the Network Configuration.

However, it will not work properly on all network cards.

Regards Saswata