ifconfig won't allow me to change ether address and inet address in ?the same command

[Oliver Fromme]

Eduardo Meyer wrote:
 > # ifconfig rl0 ether 00:02:4f:0a:ce:f3 inet 192.168.2.12 netmask 255.255.255.0
 > ifconfig: can't set link-level netmask or broadcast
 > 
 > # ifconfig rl0 inet 192.168.2.12 netmask 255.255.255.0 ether 00:02:4f:0a:ce:f3
 > ifconfig: ether: bad value
 > 
 > # ifconfig rl0 inet 192.168.2.12 netmask 255.255.255.0
 > # ifconfig rl0 ether 00:02:4f:0a:ce:f3
 > 
 > I ask you some help, how can I accomplish both tasks with rc_ng? In /etc/rc.conf
 > 
 > ifconfig_rl0="inet 192.168.2.12 netmask 255.255.255.0 ether 00:02:4f:0a:ce:f3"
 > 
 > Won't allow me to do what I want. Any suggestions? I would like like
 > to edit /etc/rc.local and any other kind of "workaround". Can rc.conf
 > issue ifconfig twice for the same nic?
 > 
 > Or can ifconfig accomplish this task by someway else other than
 > issuing the command twice?

Others have already suggested several workarounds.
Another possibility is to set only the IP via rc.conf:

ifconfig_rl0="inet 192.168.2.12 netmask 255.255.255.0"

And set the MAC address with an interface start script
which should be named /etc/start_if.rl0 in your case
and contain this line:

ifconfig rl0 ether 00:02:4f:0a:ce:f3

Best regards
   Oliver

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