Re: [App_rpt-users] How to set MAC address on Beagleboard xM with Pickle Linux?
Thought I had it... worked for awhile, then all of a sudden it changed IP addresses on me again (sigh!) Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks, Bob KK6ECM -----Original Message----- From: Bob [mailto:kk6ecm@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 9:31 AM To: 'app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org' Subject: RE:[App_rpt-users] How to set MAC address on Beagleboard xM with Pickle Linux? OK... found it and I figured it out. Edited /etc/network/interfaces ADDED the following at the end of the file: hwaddress ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx After rebooting, the "permanent" MAC address is on the card, so it now acts as a hardware MAC on bootup. Saved the SD card image as my new baseline backup for Pickle should I mess something up :-) Now I can set a static address in my router for the Beagleboard-xM. Still learning as I go Thanks, Bob KK6ECM -----Original Message----- Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 21:28:00 -0800 From: kk6ecm <kk6ecm@gmail.com> To: "app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org" <app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org> Subject: [App_rpt-users] How to set MAC address on Beagleboard xM with Pickle Linux? Message-ID: <9C81A5D0-EFCE-432E-B91F-27B99572E300@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Is there a way of setting the MAC address on a Beagleboard xM with Pickle
Linux? The Beagleboard xM MAC address is generated each time it boots to a random configuration. Thanks, Bob KK6ECM
Login as root then type netsetup You will then have option to set up static or dchp.... If that's what you are trying to do. Good luck Kj6nro Allstar 29262 On Dec 1, 2013, at 9:09 PM, "Bob" <kk6ecm@gmail.com> wrote:
Thought I had it... worked for awhile, then all of a sudden it changed IP addresses on me again (sigh!) Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks, Bob KK6ECM
-----Original Message----- From: Bob [mailto:kk6ecm@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 9:31 AM To: 'app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org' Subject: RE:[App_rpt-users] How to set MAC address on Beagleboard xM with Pickle Linux?
OK... found it and I figured it out.
Edited /etc/network/interfaces
ADDED the following at the end of the file:
hwaddress ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
After rebooting, the "permanent" MAC address is on the card, so it now acts as a hardware MAC on bootup. Saved the SD card image as my new baseline backup for Pickle should I mess something up :-)
Now I can set a static address in my router for the Beagleboard-xM.
Still learning as I go
Thanks, Bob KK6ECM
-----Original Message----- Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 21:28:00 -0800 From: kk6ecm <kk6ecm@gmail.com> To: "app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org" <app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org> Subject: [App_rpt-users] How to set MAC address on Beagleboard xM with Pickle Linux? Message-ID: <9C81A5D0-EFCE-432E-B91F-27B99572E300@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Is there a way of setting the MAC address on a Beagleboard xM with Pickle
Linux? The Beagleboard xM MAC address is generated each time it boots to a random configuration.
Thanks, Bob KK6ECM
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Instead of concentrating on having a static MAC and having the router set a static IP, just set the IP on the board itself. Then it should not matter what the MAC is. It can all be done through the /etc/network/interfaces file, similar to: iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.5 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.1.254 I use this method for my static IP's and no longer bother with the router. This is especially helpful with routers/firmware that do not support assigning a static IP through DHCP. Brett KQ9N On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Bob <kk6ecm@gmail.com> wrote:
Thought I had it... worked for awhile, then all of a sudden it changed IP addresses on me again (sigh!) Any ideas would be appreciated.
-----Original Message----- From: Bob [mailto:kk6ecm@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 9:31 AM To: 'app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org' Subject: RE:[App_rpt-users] How to set MAC address on Beagleboard xM with Pickle Linux?
OK... found it and I figured it out.
Edited /etc/network/interfaces
ADDED the following at the end of the file:
hwaddress ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
After rebooting, the "permanent" MAC address is on the card, so it now acts as a hardware MAC on bootup. Saved the SD card image as my new baseline backup for Pickle should I mess something up :-)
Now I can set a static address in my router for the Beagleboard-xM.
Trying to troubleshoot a friends nodes and I noticed that the node numbers show up in larger than normal font on https://allstarlink.org/nodelist.php. Specifically look at 27075, 27212, & 29462 ... What does that mean and while on the subject, is there a blurb that fully explains all the workings of that page. I know that node numbers highlighted in green means its it's online! Anything else there? I did a search but didn't see anything. Aloha, Jim NH6HI
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