>> Hello, I am trying to install guixsd with the installation image, my wireless >> internet provider allows me for only one MAC. The command I use to change the >> card mac on other distros and installation images is: >> >> ifconfig device hw ether NewMacAdress >> >> But with guixsd ifconfig fails telling me that the device can have only one >> address. Interesting to notice that I can put whatever device, even non existent >> names like "jlakjdj" and it tells the same thing, the device can only have on >> adress. I have an Atheros card. > > As I answered on IRC , > my speculative guess is that perhaps ifconfig is patched on other > distros to handle this problem. I think most other distros use ‘ifconfig’ from net-tools, not from GNU inetutils. If think this is just unimplemented. Can someone at bug-inetutils comment? That is correct, GNU ifconfig does not support setting the MAC address.