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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: dhcpd uses fake MAC address
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:29:44
Message-Id: ge0h5g$3l6$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dhcpd uses fake MAC address by Volker Armin Hemmann
1 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
2 > On Sonntag 26 Oktober 2008, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
3 >> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
4 >>> On Samstag 25 Oktober 2008, Nick Stinemates wrote:
5 >>>> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 01:34:36PM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
6 >>>>> my dhcpd reports the right mac adress (when I try it), so it must be
7 >>>>> your fault ;)
8 >>>> Could it be a /etc/conf.d/net issue? Mind pasting yours?
9 >>> yes, because I have a static ip. But it is the usual
10 >>>
11 >>> config_eth0="... netmask 255.255.255.0"
12 >>> routes_eth0="default via ..."
13 >>> gateways_eth0="..."
14 >>>
15 >>> so nothing special there.
16 >> If you have a static IP what do you need a dhcp daemon for? :P
17 >
18 > I don't need it. But in our network most people use windows - and don't know
19 > anything about computers. So they get their static ip assigned by dhcp. Once
20 > in a while the server chokes - and that is one of the many reasons why I
21 > usually don't use dhcp. There are a lot better ones, but if you really need
22 > to know the details, ask off-list ;)
23
24 Anyway, maybe it's not a dhcp problem but originates further down the
25 stack. Not sure what I'm looking for though :P

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dhcpd uses fake MAC address Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>