TOPIC: Error Error Error

Hey Guys,

I want to change the mac address of my NIC card. testing the security on my network. Well i typed the following lines:

/etc/init.d/networking stop <enter>
responce: Deconfiguring Network interface...done
ifconfig eth0 hw ehter 00:00:00:22:22:22 <enter>
Responce :SIOCSIFHWADDR: Device or resource busy <--- What does this mean?

Thanks guys,

Lindows

Responce :SIOCSIFHWADDR: Device or resource busy <--- What does this mean?

It means that the driver does not allow for the hardware address to be changed because the NIC interface is up.

Try disabling the eth0 interface first before you do such change, like this:
[code:1]ifconfig eth0 down[/code:1]

Thanks,

I'll give it a shot!


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