Re: Router stops routing after changing MAC Address

"linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" <[email protected]> writes:

> Actually, it doesn't make any difference. Changing the IEEE station
> (physical) address is not an allowed procedure even though hooks are
> available in many drivers to do this.

Of course it is.  It's even required to support some obsolete
networking protocols.  You could start with
Documentation/networking/decnet.txt if you don't want to STFW


Bjørn
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I mean, you're always totally wrong.

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