Changing MAC & hostid

linux_beginner · 03-21-2006, 01:47 PM

How do I change my MAC address under SuSE 10.0?

I've searched around and tried:

Quote:

ifdown eth0
ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:01:02:03:04:05
ifup eth0

I get the error message:

Quote:

ERROR: No configuration file found for eth0

Once I get the above working, where do I put these command lines to get the MAC automatically changed upon bootup?

Also, what is hostid based on, and can I change it to any arbitrary value?

Thanks.

kg4ysy · 03-22-2006, 12:28 PM

in my time I have noticed changing mac address makes the computer very angry. If you get this working, post ur results