Re: Ethernet MAC address

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05.12.2010, 01:08, "Bruno Wolff III" <bruno@xxxxxxxx>:
> On Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 00:22:32 +0800,
>   Misha Shnurapet <shnurapet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; wrote:
>
>>  05.12.2010, 00:04, "Tom Horsley" <horsley1953@xxxxxxxxx>;:
>>>  On Sat, 4 Dec 2010 09:48:47 -0500
>>>  Tom H wrote:
>>>>   The "FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF" is a sign of hardware failure.
>>>  Yea, I've had at least 3 linksys NICs forget their mac
>>>  address, like the rom has gone bad.
>>  Is there a way to write it back?
>
> Usually you can set a mac address for the device without needing to
> worry about what's in its rom.
> Use MACADDR in the ifcfg file for the nic.

Well, there are workarounds, I know. But it would be much more convenient to fix it once and forget about it across installations.

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