I don't think ifconfig saves modifications, so if he wants to keep his MAC at a certain value, he should include his
Quote:
ifconfig eth0 down
ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:10:5c:ab:42:21
ifconfig eth0 up
in an rc script.
If he set the MAC addy back to 00:10:5c:ab:42:21 after rebooting, he should still be able to connect (actually, now that I think of it, the MAC address is broadcast at boot time, isn't it? it shouldn't really matter unless there's a strange setup... but I'm no networking expert) - perhaps there was a typo?