Re: [gentoo-user] To Wifi or not to Wifi...

Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> [15-07-29 20:08]:
> On Wednesday 29 Jul 2015 16:05:10 Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote:
> > Thanasis <thanasis@××××××××××.org> [15-07-29 16:38]:
> > > On 07/29/2015 05:42 AM, Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote:
> > > <...snip...>
> > >
> > > >2) How I can assign a static IP to my tablet.
> > >
> > > At the end of /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf add a line like
> > >
> > > host mytablet { hardware ethernet xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx;  fixed-address
> > > xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx; }
> > >
> > > >3) How I can change the MAC on my tablet.
> > >
> > > What is the OS on the tablet?
> >
> > Hi Thanasis,
> >
> > thanks for your help!
> > I didn't thought of "dynamically" assigning a fixed IP to
> > my tablet via DHCPd (my fault). But this is an elegant solution
> > for this!
>
> If your client is running dhcpcd, then
>
>  --request 123.456.78.9  #will request this address from the server
>
>  --inform 123.456.78.9/24  #will inform the server of this address
>
>
> > The tablet runs Android Lollipop 5.0. The tablet is an
> > ASUS MeMO Pad 7 (ME176CX).
>
> To set the IP address manually:
>
>  ifconfig wlan0 123.456.78.9
>
> or
>
>  ip addr add 123.456.78.9 dev wlan0
>
> depending on the commands that come with this distro.
>
>
> To change the MAC address manually:
>
>  ifconfig wlan0 hw ether 00:AA:BB:CC:DD:FF
>
> or
>
>  ip link set wlan0 address 00:AA:BB:CC:DD:FF
>
>
> Reboot to get back what you had originally.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Mick

Hi Mick,

!!!GREAT!!! Exactly what I am searching for! BEST!
Thank you VERY much! :) 8)

Best regards,
Meino