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Date:      25 Oct 2002 11:19:04 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Changing MAC
Message-ID:  <44znt2pmvr.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <262348486.20021024221201@mail.ru>
References:  <262348486.20021024221201@mail.ru>

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"KHANN(inet)" <khanun@mail.ru> writes:

> I'm stucked with such a problem:
> When I'm changing ether adress of my NIC(rl driver,Compex RL8139)
> with "ifconfig ether <NEW MAC>", pings couldn't be sent.
> 
> What i've tried to do:
> Of course, i've read ifconfig's,rl's and route's mans,
> but there is no description of how to avoid my problem.
> Every time i change my MAC, i delete previous default rote
> and add new one(the same).
> 
> When i go to promiscuous mode - all becomes ok.
> 
> Thank's for reading! :)

Check the packets themselves, but my guess would be that the router is
still holding the old mapping for your address, and so the FreeBSD
machine can't do much to fix it.  [Other than wait five minutes for
the ARP mapping to time out.]

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