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From: Eric Martin <freak4uxxx@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user]  Re: MAC addresses
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:46:30 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <49F9C7D6.8030704@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49F9C689.60600@anferny.me.uk>

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Anthony Metcalf wrote:
> Sergey A. Kobzar wrote:
>   
>> James, thank you for the useful tip. The output of macchanger:
>> # macchanger eth1
>> Current MAC: 00:15:17:1a:6e:6d (Intel Corporate)
>> Faked MAC:   00:15:17:1a:6e:6e (Intel Corporate)
>>
>>
>> # macchanger eth0
>> Current MAC: 00:15:17:1a:6e:6c (Intel Corporate)
>> Faked MAC:   00:15:17:1a:6e:6d (Intel Corporate)
>>
>>
>> How is it possible? I thought NIC has one MAC only.What does mean
>> 'Faked MAC'?
>>   
>>     
> Current MAC = MAC in firmware on the card, Faked MAC = MAC the OS is
> telling the network?
>
>
>   
yes, you can set the mac to what ever you want.  There's a line in
/etc/conf.d/net that explains how to do this (with macchanger).




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  reply	other threads:[~2009-04-30 15:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-04-30 15:09 [gentoo-user] MAC addresses Sergey A. Kobzar
2009-04-30 15:22 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2009-04-30 15:36   ` Sergey A. Kobzar
2009-04-30 15:40     ` Anthony Metcalf
2009-04-30 15:46       ` Eric Martin [this message]
2009-04-30 16:27         ` James Stull
2009-04-30 17:36           ` Re[2]: " Sergey A. Kobzar
2009-04-30 19:34 ` [gentoo-user] " Daniel Troeder
2009-04-30 19:48   ` Re[2]: " Sergey A. Kobzar
2009-05-08 12:22     ` Re[3]: " Sergey A. Kobzar

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