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From: Nick Stinemates <nick@××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dhcpd uses fake MAC address
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:33:49
Message-Id: 20081025183345.GB8595@deviL
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dhcpd uses fake MAC address by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 01:34:36PM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
2 > On Samstag 25 Oktober 2008, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
3 > > Nick Stinemates wrote:
4 > > > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 02:07:20AM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
5 > > >> My router has big problems assigning the correct IPs to Gentoo boxes. If
6 > > >> the NIC in the box has a MAC address of, say, 01:00:12:11:41:49:1e,
7 > > >> dhcpd reports something else to router: ff:42:54:59:20:00:1c:21:e0:42:c2
8 > > >>
9 > > >> Why is this happening and how do I tell dhcpd not to mess with the MAC
10 > > >> address it reports to DHCP servers?
11 > > >
12 > > > Same experience here. I always thought it was a linux/windows
13 > > > compatibility problem since that is where I noticed the problem first.
14 > >
15 > > Nope, it only happens with the dhcpd of Gentoo. Other Linux boxes
16 > > report the correct MAC address.
17 >
18 > my dhcpd reports the right mac adress (when I try it), so it must be your
19 > fault ;)
20 >
21 >
22
23 Could it be a /etc/conf.d/net issue? Mind pasting yours?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dhcpd uses fake MAC address Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de>