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Subject: changing MAC address
From: Arturo Busleiman (buanzoxUSA.NET)
Date: Wed Mar 29 2000 - 08:23:23 CST

This is question regarding an old thread.

> as an example, under linux, as root:
>
> ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:aa:23:ce:3a:11
>
> changes the mac address of eth0 to 00:aa:23:ce:3a:11, iirc.

        [rootmachine /root]# ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:aa:23:ce:3a:11
        SIOCSIFHWADDR: Device or resource busy

why does this happen? under which circumstances can I use ifconfig for
that purpose?

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