Hi,


is there a way i can make the inetaddr/HWaddr returned by ifconfig be what i want? (locally, of course


cheers

AFAIK you can't change hwaddrs, they're hardcoded into the device (you can lie to arp, but that only works until reboot IIRC). The inetaddr is simple.

ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.5 netmask 255.255.255.128

The above example would set the inetaddr of eth0 to 192.168.0.5 and the netmask to a /25

By the way, cross posting is frowned on.

In your other thread you showed you got SIOCSIFHWADDR when applying your command (which was right, BTW). Try bringing down the device first.
And yes, cross-posting isn't allowed.
Please don't do that again.

sorry about the cross-posting; i first posted in one and then i realized (or assumed) that the people that would most likely know about the subject was in the other thread group


btw, i did

ifconfig etho down
ifconfig eth0 hw ether <newHWaddr>
ifconfig etho up


it worked beatifully!

with hostname command i changed the ..um, hostname, and the inetaddr can also be changed straightforwardly with ifconfig

..as expected, i lose connection and had to reboot

maybe i could configure eth1 to point to the same device, but that just sounds too hacky

cheers!