MAC cloning available like Linux has?

Glen Barber gjb at FreeBSD.org
Sat Dec 15 11:53:47 UTC 2012


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.

> I don't get it. I've tried every imaginable incarnation I
> could possibly conceive. Is it even possible? I had really
> hoped to turn this into a gateway, and while Linux will
> "clone" the MAC(3). I don't trust it (security wise).
> Is Linux' DHCP more robust than BSD'?! Hard to imagine,
> but I'm completely at a loss.
> 

I do not think this is DHCP related.  It is more differentiation between
the two with regards to how interface creation is handled.

Glen

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