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Old 07-01-2009
How to assign MAC address to N/W interface in solaris
I m having interface ce0 ce1 and its sub interfaces for that.
I want to give MAC addresses for the same.
How will I assign it.

Please give solution for the same
Last edited by sunray; 07-01-2009 at 08:20 AM..
# 2  
Old 07-01-2009
the mac comes from the hardware itself! why do you need to change this? if you need to change them, a little bit of google might have you lead to something like this


Code:
# ifconfig bfe0 plumb
# ifconfig bfe0 inet 10.254.76.105 ether 00:02:e3:51:12:e5 netmask + broadcast + up
# ifconfig -a

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Old 07-01-2009
Changing a devices MAC address is generally a very bad idea. Only very experienced network engineers should consider it and only in very specific cases. A good rule of thumb is 'if you don't know how to change it, you really ought not change it.' Are you sure you mean MAC address and not IP address?
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Old 07-02-2009
As you said ether add we will specify in ifconfig command.

then how to decide that value for every different interface ?
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Old 07-02-2009
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Originally Posted by sunray
then how to decide that value for every different interface ?
why are you going to change the MAC? if you don't know more about what you are doing, you should better NOT do it!
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