Subject: Re: manually setting MAC address
To: Nathan de Klepper <nathandeklepper@optushome.com.au>
From: Chuck Yerkes <chuck+nbsd@snew.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 07/25/2002 18:12:56
Quoting Nathan de Klepper (nathandeklepper@optushome.com.au):
> Dear All,
> 
> Just wondering if anyone knows how to manually configure a MAC address to a specific value.
> Most of the MAC related posts ive looked through seem to deal with local-mac-address? on sun boxes, but thats not what I'm after.

I'll presume, then, that you are looking to do it on
your Vax then?

What is it you are after?  Why would you need to change MAC addresses?
(the ONLY time I've ever needed it was with an HA/Failover situation).

> 
> Regards,
> 
> Nathan de Klepper
> nathandeklepper@optushome.com.au