Subject: Re: ifconfig & MAC addr?
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org, netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Steve Tremblett <sjt@cisco.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/05/2002 21:11:01
+---- Steve Tremblett wrote:
| Both ethernet interfaces on my Sparc 5 have the same MAC address after
| boot.  I've been told that I can change the MAC address with "ifconfig
| interface ether address" but it doesn't work at all for me, and isn't
| documented in the manpg for ifconfig.  The source (1.5.3) has no
| reference to "ether" as an address family.
| 
| Any suggestions?

There was a suggestion to setenv "local-mac-addr" to true in the Sun
boot PROM.  This had no effect.  I then saw a note stating to keep both
interfaces on separate IP subnets as well as separate physical ethernet
segments.  This worked perfectly - thanks all!

-- 
Steve Tremblett