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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dhcpd uses fake MAC address
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:34:47
Message-Id: 200810251334.37058.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: dhcpd uses fake MAC address by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Samstag 25 Oktober 2008, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
2 > Nick Stinemates wrote:
3 > > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 02:07:20AM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
4 > >> My router has big problems assigning the correct IPs to Gentoo boxes. If
5 > >> the NIC in the box has a MAC address of, say, 01:00:12:11:41:49:1e,
6 > >> dhcpd reports something else to router: ff:42:54:59:20:00:1c:21:e0:42:c2
7 > >>
8 > >> Why is this happening and how do I tell dhcpd not to mess with the MAC
9 > >> address it reports to DHCP servers?
10 > >
11 > > Same experience here. I always thought it was a linux/windows
12 > > compatibility problem since that is where I noticed the problem first.
13 >
14 > Nope, it only happens with the dhcpd of Gentoo. Other Linux boxes
15 > report the correct MAC address.
16
17 my dhcpd reports the right mac adress (when I try it), so it must be your
18 fault ;)

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dhcpd uses fake MAC address Nick Stinemates <nick@××××××××××.org>