How to change mac address

[Andrew Kelly]

On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 17:23 +0200, Dalibor Juric wrote:
> Yes of course. Try this solution:
> ifconfig eth1 down
> ifconfig hw ether 00:02:5C:11:2B:FA
> ifconfig eth1 up
> 
> This will change mac from eth1 to 00:02:5C:11:2B:FA.
> 
> Aan Anaya schrieb: 
> > Thanks every body. I´m success to change hostname. 
> > 
> > Can we change mac address in linux ??? 
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks. 
> > 
> 

???

Isn't the MAC provided by the NIC and unique to every NIC?

Andy


> > On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:57:13 -0500, Bob McClure Jr wrote 
> > > On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 09:49:08PM +0700, Aan Anaya wrote: 
> > > > Hi Every one, 
> > > > 
> > > > Can you guide me how to change hostid in RHEL WS 3. 
> > > 
> > > You mean hostname?  You can change it in /etc/sysconfig/network 
> > > (probably want to change it in /etc/hosts, as well), or you can
> > run 
> > > system-config-network.  You may need to reboot for everything to
> > take 
> > > effect. 
> > > 
> > > > Regards, 
> > > > 
> > > > Aan 
> > > 
> > > Cheers, 
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> > > Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc. 
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> Dalibor Juric                   
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