Re: Laptop Fedora MAC Address
Robert <[email protected]>
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On 15/04/12 09:56, Jacob Mansfield wrote: > On 12 Apr 2012, at 10:15, Robert . wrote: >> You get a different MAC address everytime you reboot? >> MAC address is set on the hardware itself, unless you're spoofing the >> data you are transmitting. >> >> On 11 April 2012 18:41, Mick Farmer <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> When I boot the machine I get a Ethernet different MAC address! >> > > > I'm gonna guess you meant IP address, rather than MAC address I imagine JLMS hit the right answer, I'm wondering if Mick is setup on a VM and this is somehow changing each time it boots? Did a quick google and a fedora post on trying to create a different/random MAC address can be found here (just for interest) http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-234556.html As mentioned in that list of posts, I guess it could be useful on dual boot machines etc. -- Gllug mailing list - [email protected] http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug