Re: Fedora 16 MAC Address

James Courtier-Dutton <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.user-groups.linux.london.gllug
Message-ID <CAAMvbhHENKaye+hwbxu7TM=DjQEy6Uz3CMw1z4XO8Qh1GoVLHA@mail.gmail.com>
On 20 April 2012 17:58, Mick Farmer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear James,
>
> No sign of a MAC address in the BIOS.
>

Ok, Well here is a fix to your problem, if you use ubuntu:
See attached file. Compare it with your existing one in
/etc/init/network-interface.conf

It basically sets your MAC address to a fixed value during boot.
My advice is to choose one of the random MAC addresses you already
see, and fix it to that.
The MAC address only has to be unique on the network subnet.
I.e. If you are at home, it is only a problem if someone else at your
home has the same MAC address.
If I have the same MAC address at my home, it is not a problem.

Kind Regards

James

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network-interface.conf (application/octet-stream, 921 B)
# network-interface - configure network device
#
# This service causes network devices to be brought up or down as a result
# of hardware being added or removed, including that which isn't ordinarily
# removable.

description	"configure network device"

emits net-device-up
emits net-device-down
emits static-network-up

start on net-device-added
stop on net-device-removed INTERFACE=$INTERFACE

instance $INTERFACE
export INTERFACE

pre-start script
    if [ "$INTERFACE" = lo ]; then
	# bring this up even if /etc/network/interfaces is broken
	ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up || true
	initctl emit -n net-device-up \
	    IFACE=lo LOGICAL=lo ADDRFAM=inet METHOD=loopback || true
    fi
    if [ "$INTERFACE" = eth0 ]; then
	# Override MAC address
	ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:19:b9:80:f8:75 || true
    fi
    mkdir -p /run/network
    exec ifup --allow auto $INTERFACE
end script

post-stop exec ifdown --allow auto $INTERFACE
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