MAC cloning available like Linux has?

Freddie Cash fjwcash at gmail.com
Fri Dec 14 23:02:24 UTC 2012


On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Chris H <chris#@1command.com> wrote:

> ifconfig_ue0="DHCP"
> ifconfig_ue0_alias0="ether ##:##:##:##:##:##"
>
> So apparently it's not possible (for me) to accomplish this
> with anything but Linux. Bummer, have used BSD exclusively
> since the early 80's. Couldn't imagine having to use anything
> else. :(
>

You're just not trying hard enough, or thinking logically enough.  ;)

ifconfig then dhclient works.  Yet you configure rc.conf to do dhclient
then ifconfig.  :)

Reverse your rc.conf entries to match what you did at the command prompt:

ifconfig_ue0="ether blah blah blah"
ifconfig_ue0_alias0="DHCP"

-- 
Freddie Cash
fjwcash at gmail.com


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