NAME

       setether - Set the ethernet address for use with DECnet

SYNOPSIS

       setether <if> [<if>...]|all [options]

DESCRIPTION

       Set ethernet MAC address on ethernet adaptors

       This script should be run at system startup. It will change the ethernet hardware (MAC) address of any or
       all  ethernet  interfaces  to  match the DECnet node address. DECnet requires that the MAC address of all
       ethernet adaptors running the protocol be set approriately.  If you do not run  setether  then  you  must
       change the ethernet address in some other way for DECnet to work.
       By  default  no ethernet interfaces will have their MAC addresses changed by setether, if you specify all
       then all interfaces name eth* will be changed, otherwise a list of  interface  names  can  be  specified.
       setether will enable (UP) all interfaces it changes the MAC addresses of.
       (2.4  only) The first interface specified on the command-line will also be made the default interface for
       DECnet operations (ie attempts to contact nodes not in  the  neighbour  table  will  be  done  over  this
       interface).
       This  script  must  be run with the interface inactive, it is normally run from /etc/init.d/decnet before
       TCP/IP starts up.

EXAMPLES

       set the MAC address of eth0.

           # /sbin/setether eth0

       set the MAC address of all ethernet interfaces

           # /sbin/setether all

HELPFUL HINTS

       If you have multiple ethernet cards on your system and they are connected to the  the  same  network  you
       should specify which one you want to use for DECnet communication on the setether command line, otherwise
       they will both be given the same MAC address and this is probably not what you want.
       Running  DECnet  on multiple ethernet interfaces only works under Linux 2.4. If you are running Linux 2.2
       then the interface name on the setether command line must match the one in /etc/decnet.conf(5).

SEE ALSO

       decnet.conf(5), dntype(1), dndir(1), dndel(1), dnetd(8), dnping(1)

DECnet utilities                                  March 01 2001                                      SETETHER(8)