Paul Smith wrote: > On 8/17/06, Chong Yu Meng <chongym@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > That is solved! >> > >> > With 'ifconfig -a' I got >> > >> > HWaddr 00:14:85:38:2C:93 >> > >> > but in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 it was >> > >> > HWADDR=00:30:4F:2B:8C:84 >> > >> > (Different addresses!) >> >> Wow! That is odd... did you change network cards recently? But I am >> thinking that kudzu would probably have detected the change, and written >> the new MAC address into the configuration file. > > Yes, Chong, I did change my Ethernet card. I suppose that kudzu runs > at boot time and it did not write the new MAC address into the > configuration file. As a matter of interest, you don't have to have HWADDRESS in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 . I don't think people normally do give their MAC addresses there. (I certainly don't.) -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
