Re: Ethernet MACaddress constantly changing

1999-08-14 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello Nico, On 13-Aug-99, you wrote: NDR> NDR> I just installed another PCMCIA network adapter and now the MAC NDR> address is stable so it was indeed the card. NDR> NDR> Thanks to all who helped ;-) NDR> NDR> Nico NDR> Weird behaviour nonetheless - ironic that it was consistent on M$. I ha

Re: Ethernet MACaddress constantly changing

1999-08-13 Thread Nico De Ranter
I just installed another PCMCIA network adapter and now the MAC address is stable so it was indeed the card. Thanks to all who helped ;-) Nico > > OK, I did some testing: rebooted from Linux to Windows and the other > way around a couple of times and got the following peculiar results: > > 1

Re: Ethernet MACaddress constantly changing

1999-08-13 Thread Nico De Ranter
OK, I did some testing: rebooted from Linux to Windows and the other way around a couple of times and got the following peculiar results: 1. linux: 0:80:0:10:b7:7c 2. windows: 0:10:5a:92:b7:7c 3. linux: 80:0:0:10:85:bb 4. windows: 0:10:5a:92:b7:7c 5. linux: 2:0:0:10:2:16 6. windows: 0:10:

Re: Ethernet MACaddress constantly changing

1999-08-12 Thread Lee Elliott
Hello James M., On 12-Aug-99, you wrote: ... LJM> MAC addr is another story. LJM> That should be fixed to the adaptor and never change. (Well, LJM> almost never. There are a few that have mac addresses that LJM> are able to be modified with a special utility. The only ones LJM> I know about

RE: [Debian] Ethernet MACaddress constantly changing

1999-08-12 Thread Lewis, James M.
Do you use dhcp to get your address? If you do, the linux dhcpcd releases it each time you shutdown so every time you reboot you get a new ip-addr. MAC addr is another story. That should be fixed to the adaptor and never change. (Well, almost never. There are a few that have mac addresses that

[Debian] Ethernet MACaddress constantly changing

1999-08-12 Thread Nico De Ranter
Hi, I have a portable with a 3Com 3CCE589ET CPCMCIA network adapter. I'm also running arpwatch on my network to check for "ellegal aliens". I noticed that everytime a reboot my portable from linux to windows or the other way around I get a message from arpwatch that the Ethernet address of my po