Hi, Please file a PR for this. I think this (and mac address setup/changing on net80211, similar issues) needs both some better documentation/FAQ entries and updates to the rc scripts.
I think we may want to add an ifconfig_X_ether="" to set the L2 address appropriately for an interface. Thanks, Adrian On 15 December 2012 10:36, Chris H <chris#@1command.com> wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 10:11:41AM -0800, Chris H wrote: >>> Hello Glen, and thank you for your reply. >>> > On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 11:26:06PM -0800, Chris H wrote: >>> >> ifconfig_ue0="DHCP" >>> >> create_args_ue0="ether ##:##:##:##:##:##" >>> >> create_args is simply ignored. >>> >> >>> > >>> > Ignored how? What commands are you running to verify it works? >>> > For me, create_args_IFNAME works fine on my firewall. >>> >>> Unfortunately, it had no affect for me. >>> The ue0 maintained the same MAC it started with. >>> Out of desperation, I even tried it in /boot/loader.conf. >> >> It is not a loader(8) tunable, it is part of the rc(8) system. >> >> You did not answer the important part of what I asked - how are you >> testing? Are you rebooting the machine? Are you using the netif rc >> script? > > Ahh. Sorry, my bad. Rebooting. > > I have no difficulty issuing: > ifconfig ue0 down > ifconfig ue0 ether ##:##:##:##:##:## > dhclient ue0 > > This method will always return the expected/desired results. > >> >> Glen >> >> > Thanks for the reply. > > --Chris > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
