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Create a virtual network interface using the iproute2 "ip link" command with a spoofed MAC address

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How can I create a virtual interface similar to the following command? This does not work. I want to set the MAC addresses to test my DHCP server's configuration. How would I do that with the suite using the ip link command? This works, but it randomly assigns a MAC address. This is still useful, b…

Error Output

$ sudo ifconfig eth1 hw ether 00:01:02:aa:bb:cc  
SIOCSIFHWADDR: No such device

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