[TriLUG] Asus/3Com Nics w/o Mac Addresses

[Michael Thompson]

Try using the 'hw' parameter with ifconfig:  'hw ether yo:ur:ma:ca:dd:rs'
This might work if your driver supports it...  You can get more details
with 'man ifconfig'.

--mwt


> I have received a shipment of computers with asus network cards with
> 3com chipsets.  After loading the computers it came to my attention that
> the cards do not have a hard coded mac address well actually they have
> 00:00:00:00:00:00.  I have successfully changed the mac address in
> Windows but have failed to do so in Linux.  Is there a utility that
> would allow me to change the mac address?
>
> thanks
> Chris Bullock
> Systems and Network Support
> Eastern Radiologists, Inc.
>
> bullock at easternrad.com
>
>
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