Re: Aix Mac Address - How to change it ?

From: Greg (no_at_spam.com)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 01:28:26 GMT

Eduardo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I check the last line "apply changes to database only" from "no"
> to "yes", I will need to save this change and them reboot the RS...
> right ?
> Well... to reboot the RS, what kind of command I need to use ??
>
> Sorry, for this questions, but is the first time that I do this kind
> of work and I don´t have anybody to give me this information!!
>
> Tks,
>
> Regards
>
> Eduardo
>
>
> "Etienne Guillaumont" <egtegt@tiscali.fr> wrote in message news:<cea2fq$m2$1@news.tiscali.fr>...
>
>>Do it with smitty devices, then communication devices and change the adapter
>>configuration. You will have to check the last line which says "apply
>>changes to database only" and then reboot your RS because you can't change
>>it while tcpip is running ( it would be possible to stop tcpip and not
>>reboot but it is more complicated and most of the time useless).
>>Regards
>>
>>"Eduardo" <cboccio@yahoo.com.br> a écrit dans le message de
>>news:3274f7d5.0407281259.5c9bfd32@posting.google.com...
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I have a IBM RS390 with AIX 4.1 and Token Ring communication.
>>>I need to change the Mac Address in this machine. How can I do this ?
>>>Please, somebody can help me ??
>>>
>>>Just for information, I use the command: lscfg -vl ent0, and the result
>>
>> was:
>>
>>> DEVICE LOCATION DESCRIPTION
>>>
>>> ent0 00-00-0E Integrated Ethernet Adapter
>>>
>>> Displayable Message.........STANDARD ETHERNET
>>> Network Address.............10005AFA289D
>>> Device Driver Level.........00
>>> Diagnostic Level............00
>>>
>>>Tks,
>>>
>>>Carlos Eduardo Boccio
>>>TS&O Consultoria - Brazil
>>>e-mail: cboccio@yahoo.com.br

You don't reboot AIX for something like that!
Just rmdev and mkdev the entx Ethernet adapter
device. To do that you must turn off the enx
interface with ifconfig.

The quickest way to reset TCP/IP interfaces
after that and put back your routes is
/etc/methods/cfgif
/etc/methods/cfginet

Greg.

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