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Everything Else => General Support and Discussion => Zaurus General Forums => Archived Forums => Security and Networking => Topic started by: Miami_Bob on February 05, 2005, 01:07:06 pm
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Its probably something simple that I'm overlooking but ......
C860
Cacko v1.22
Ambicom WL1100C-CF 802.11b
$ su
# ifconfig eth0 hw ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
SIOCSIFHWADDR: Invalid argument
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# ifconfig eth0 down
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# ifconfig eth0
eth0 (info)
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[looks like eth0 is not taken down?]
# ifconfig eth0 hw ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
SIOCSIFHWADDR: Invalid argument
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# macchanger -s eth0
Current MAC: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (Ambicom, Inc)
# macchanger -a eth0
Current MAC: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (Ambicom, Inc)
ERROR: Can't change MAC: Interface up or not permission: Invalid argument.
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# macchanger -s wifi0
Current MAC: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (Ambicom, Inc)
# macchanger -a wifi0
Current MAC: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (Ambicom, Inc)
ERROR: Can't change MAC: Interface up or not permission: Invalid argument.
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Other posts have said "The above ifconfig worked on almost every linux system I've tried." & indicated that this works on the Zaurus. What am I missing here (G)?
Fell free to berate me harshly for my failure to recognize that which is probably IOTTMCO, just, please, enlighten me (G)!
TIA!