Cloning MAC Addresses
On RHEL-based systems
If your interface is eth0
, edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
.
If you see a HWADDR
param, comment it out and add
MACADDR=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
. Here’s a sample:
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
#HWADDR=00:12:79:A0:59:DE
MACADDR=00:12:79:A0:59:F4
ONBOOT=yes
# On CentOS 6
BOOTPROTO="dhcp"
Then restart the network service for this to take effect:
service network restart
On BSD-based systems
If your interface is igb0
, add a file called /etc/start_if.igb0
to
specify the cloned MAC:
ifconfig igb0 ether 00:12:79:45:89:df
Then reboot your server.