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SETETHER(8)							   SETETHER(8)

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 ether‐
       net 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	inter‐
       face).
       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  con‐
       nected 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)

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