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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 22:41:27
Message-Id: 200810260039.53350.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dhcpd uses fake MAC address by Nick Stinemates
1 On Samstag 25 Oktober 2008, Nick Stinemates wrote:
2 > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 01:34:36PM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
3 > > On Samstag 25 Oktober 2008, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
4 > > > Nick Stinemates wrote:
5 > > > > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 02:07:20AM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
6 > > > >> My router has big problems assigning the correct IPs to Gentoo
7 > > > >> boxes. If the NIC in the box has a MAC address of, say,
8 > > > >> 01:00:12:11:41:49:1e, dhcpd reports something else to router:
9 > > > >> ff:42:54:59:20:00:1c:21:e0:42:c2
10 > > > >>
11 > > > >> Why is this happening and how do I tell dhcpd not to mess with the
12 > > > >> MAC address it reports to DHCP servers?
13 > > > >
14 > > > > Same experience here. I always thought it was a linux/windows
15 > > > > compatibility problem since that is where I noticed the problem
16 > > > > first.
17 > > >
18 > > > Nope, it only happens with the dhcpd of Gentoo. Other Linux boxes
19 > > > report the correct MAC address.
20 > >
21 > > my dhcpd reports the right mac adress (when I try it), so it must be your
22 > > fault ;)
23 >
24 > Could it be a /etc/conf.d/net issue? Mind pasting yours?
25
26 yes, because I have a static ip. But it is the usual
27
28 config_eth0="... netmask 255.255.255.0"
29 routes_eth0="default via ..."
30 gateways_eth0="..."
31
32 so nothing special there.

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[gentoo-user] Re: dhcpd uses fake MAC address Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>