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Author ***Beginner Question*** How to configure hme1with unique MAC address
underh20.scubadiving@gmail.com

2007-05-28, 1:19 pm

Our Fujitsu 850 server is running Solaris 8. We have two interfaces,
hme0 and hme1. Each hme has unique valid address as defined in the
corresponding /etc/hostname.hmeX file. We noticed that both hme0 and
hme1 have the same MAC address. Could anyone explain how
this happens ? I'd like to configure hme1 with the correct MAC
address which it associated. Please let me know the steps to achieve
that without rebooting the server.

Much appreciated. Bill

# ifconfig -a

hme0: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500
index 2
inet 171.28.125.164 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 171.28.125.255
ether 0:0:e:22:26:3b

hme1: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500
index 3
inet 171.28.125.165 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 171.28.125.255
ether 0:0:e:22:26:3b



# cat /etc/hostname.hme0
171.28.125.164

# cat /etc/hostname.hme1
171.28.125.165

Barry Margolin

2007-05-28, 7:19 pm

In article <1180370421.590629.104640@o11g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,
underh20.scubadiving@gmail.com wrote:

> Our Fujitsu 850 server is running Solaris 8. We have two interfaces,
> hme0 and hme1. Each hme has unique valid address as defined in the
> corresponding /etc/hostname.hmeX file. We noticed that both hme0 and
> hme1 have the same MAC address. Could anyone explain how
> this happens ? I'd like to configure hme1 with the correct MAC
> address which it associated. Please let me know the steps to achieve
> that without rebooting the server.


I don't think you can do it without rebooting. See
<http://www.cymru.com/Documents/Sun/mac-change.txt> for the command to
configure how it does this at boot time.

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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