Re: Where is the mac-address set in Linux?

Rolf Mueller (rolf.mueller@yale.edu)
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 17:22:35 -0500 (EST)

On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Rolf Mueller wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> recently I asked for help with a problem concerning dhcpcd. Meanwhile, I see
> that packets originating from the respective machine don't carry the right
> HWaddr. ifconfig gives the same faulty value.
>
> I have a pcmcia-network card, I presume the mac-address printed on the card
> to be correct. How is the HWaddr in the packets set? Which software is
> involved (the kernel, the pcmcia-drivers?)? Where could I probe to track
> down the error?

Meanwhile I found that the HWAddr can be set by ifconfig. However, now the
dhcpcd segfaults ... an endless story, it appears to me.

Rolf

Rolf Mueller rolf.mueller@yale.edu
Intelligent Sensors Lab, EE Dept.
Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8284
Phone 203 432 4297 Fax 203 432 7769