[CentOS] Trying to override MAC addr

m.roth at 5-cent.us m.roth at 5-cent.us
Thu Aug 21 14:32:04 UTC 2014


Keith Keller wrote:
> On 2014-08-21, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote:
>> On 8/21/2014 7:09 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>> I am trying to override the mac addr.
>>
>> pretty sure you need to use NIC model specific utilities to do this,
>> ifcfg-ethN won't do it.   the hwaddr= in there is for finding the nic,
>> not for reprogramming it.
>
> ifconfig claims to support it:
>
>        hw class address
<snip>
Also, don't forget /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistant-net.rules

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