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From: Nick Stinemates <nick@××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] dhcpd uses fake MAC address
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:06:18
Message-Id: 20081024235613.GA8595@deviL
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] dhcpd uses fake MAC address by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 02:07:20AM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
2 > My router has big problems assigning the correct IPs to Gentoo boxes. If
3 > the NIC in the box has a MAC address of, say, 01:00:12:11:41:49:1e,
4 > dhcpd reports something else to router: ff:42:54:59:20:00:1c:21:e0:42:c2
5 >
6 > Why is this happening and how do I tell dhcpd not to mess with the MAC
7 > address it reports to DHCP servers?
8
9 Same experience here. I always thought it was a linux/windows
10 compatibility problem since that is where I noticed the problem first.

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