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Changing MAC Address on a NIC Card


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Example: 

'ifconfig -a' shows:

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hme0: flags=1000843 mtu 1500 index 2
        inet 192.168.1.120 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
        ether 8:0:20:cf:ea:9f
qfe0: flags=1000803 mtu 1500 index 10
        inet 192.168.1.150 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
        ether 8:0:20:cf:ea:9f

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notice the ether (MAC) address is the same for each interface...

to force the MAC address, run

ifconfig qfe0 ether 8:0:20:cf:ea:9a 

and now 'ifconfig -a' shows:

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hme0: flags=1000843 mtu 1500 index 2
        inet 192.168.1.120 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
        ether 8:0:20:cf:ea:9f
qfe0: flags=1000803 mtu 1500 index 10
        inet 192.168.1.150 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
        ether 8:0:20:cf:ea:9a

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these changes will not persist after a reboot.  To set each interface to a different MAC
address permanently, run:

eeprom local-mac-address\?=true

and upon reboot, the MAC addresses will be unique for each interface.

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