Try using a pre-up rule on the /etc/network/interfaces file, like this: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static pre-up ifconfig eth0 hw ether 01:01:01:01:01:01 address 192.168.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.1.1
I don't know why Feisty is not sending the hwaddress option before the others, something must have changed on the ifupdown source. Busybox had a similar bug, fixed here: http://bugs.busybox.net/view.php?id=880 Summary: 0000880: ifupdown fails to set hwaddress Description: When using ifup to enable an interface that has a hwaddress line in /etc/network/interfaces the SIOCSIFHWADDR ioctl fails with a message that the device is busy. This happens because all the parameters are sent on a single ifconfig line and thus the interface is set to an UP state before the hwaddress portion is processed. -- can't set hardware address in /etc/network/interfaces https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109725 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
