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Old 12-08-2009
assign mac address for virtual interface eth1:0
Hi ,
by default the physical interface (eth1) and virtual interface eth1:0 will be having same mac address, is there any way we can assign separate mac addresses for both the interfaces.

would some one help me out in this.

Thanks
Gopi
# 2  
Old 12-14-2009
The manpage for ifconfig(8) says:
Code:
ifconfig interface [aftype] options | address ...

and:
Code:
       hw class address
              Set the hardware address of this interface, if the device driver
              supports  this  operation.   The keyword must be followed by the
              name of the hardware class and the printable ASCII equivalent of
              the  hardware  address.   Hardware  classes  currently supported
              include ether (Ethernet), ax25 (AMPR AX.25), ARCnet  and  netrom
              (AMPR NET/ROM).

So you need something like:
Code:
# ifconfig eth1 hw ether 00:01:02:aa:bb:cc

Whether you can do:
Code:
# ifconfig eth0:1 hw ether 00:01:02:aa:bb:cc

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