[SOLVED] spoof eth0 under bridge

[svennd]

Hey,

I'm looking for a "reboot" stable configuration. I want to spoof (permanently) the mac address of eth0 that is allocated for bridge (vmbr0). I first attempted to change the mac addr for vmbr0 but that is not working. (or atleast not as intended)
After a bit of reading, it seems that a bridge needs a "valid mac address" of a device (beeing eth0 here).

So I need to change the eth0 mac address, now I figured out how I could achieve this using :

ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:11:22:33:44:55

This results in : (ip addr)

2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:11:22:33:44:55 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
9: vmbr0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
    link/ether 00:11:22:33:44:55 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 111.111.111.111/16 brd 111.111.255.255 scope global vmbr0
    inet6 fe80::21a:8cff:fe22:6d8/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

However I'm pretty sure it won't survive a reboot; I assume /etc/network/interfaces is the right place to look; however eth0 is not defined there

 cat /etc/network/interfacesauto lo
iface lo inet loopback


auto vmbr0
iface vmbr0 inet static
        address ***
        netmask 255.255.0.0
        gateway ***
        bridge_ports eth0
        bridge_stp off
        bridge_fd 0

So how can I define eth0 or where is it defined so I can make this adaptation survive reboot.

ps. I changed the values of mac & IP

 

[Nemesiz]

Try this

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet manual
    hwaddress ether 00:11:22:33:44:55

Or this

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet manual
    pre-up ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:11:22:33:44:55

 

[svennd]

Hey Nemesiz,

Thx for your help, the second solution did the trick, the first din't seem to have any effect.

thx!