Any ways to change the MAC address permanently?

kras1001 · 2009-01-31 07:57:22

RedShift wrote:

*edit 2*What's the best way to change the mac address at boot before the network goes up on Arch? A line in /etc/rc.local?
Do something like:
eth0mac="eth0 hw ether 00:01:02:03..."
eth0="eth0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0"
INTERFACES=(eth0mac eth0)

Thanks this help me. Work fine.

Flavious · 2011-01-30 17:28:19

I've faced the same problem, none of your solution is working (however starting without networking and doing it manually does).

So here is the right solution:

macspoof() {
        ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:01:CB:02:34:97
}
add_hook multi_start macspoof

put this in a file /etc/rc.d/functions.d/macspoof

Someone who knows shell scripting better than me, please improve this and repost. The documentation is over here.

Thanks.

Last edited by Flavious (2011-01-30 17:29:08)

Xyne · 2011-01-30 18:25:37

Before someone parrots the "no necrobumping" rule. I want to point out that this is clearly a contribution to the thread. Anyone who stumbles on this while looking for a solution will now find it.

Thanks, Flavious.

Arch Linux

#26 2009-01-31 07:57:22

Re: Any ways to change the MAC address permanently?

#27 2011-01-30 17:28:19

Re: Any ways to change the MAC address permanently?

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Re: Any ways to change the MAC address permanently?

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