RE: [gentoo-user] Re: dhcpd uses fake MAC address

2008-11-02 Thread Adam Carter
> I just did this and everything is OK; the MAC address is correct. > Booting is also faster by about 8-10 seconds (dhcpcd needed about 10 > seconds to get the IP, udhcpc gets an IP instantly.) The difference in time could be due to dhcpcd performing a DHCPREQUEST, getting NACKed and falling back

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dhcpd uses fake MAC address

2008-10-29 Thread Joshua Murphy
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 6:49 AM, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > More sophisticated routers allow you to set up on their CLI static LAN IP > addresses using the DUID string, instead of the client's MAC hardware > address. > > Previous versions of dhcpcd had the vram USE flag which copied the har

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dhcpd uses fake MAC address

2008-10-29 Thread Mick
On Sunday 26 October 2008, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > I don't need it. But in our network most people use windows - and don't > > know anything about computers. So they get their static ip assigned by > > dhcp. Once in a while the server chokes - and that is one of

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dhcpd uses fake MAC address

2008-10-25 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sonntag 26 Oktober 2008, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Samstag 25 Oktober 2008, Nick Stinemates wrote: > >> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 01:34:36PM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > >>> my dhcpd reports the right mac adress (when I try it), so it must be > >>> your

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dhcpd uses fake MAC address

2008-10-25 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Samstag 25 Oktober 2008, Nick Stinemates wrote: > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 01:34:36PM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Samstag 25 Oktober 2008, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > Nick Stinemates wrote: > > > > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 02:07:20AM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > >> My rou

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dhcpd uses fake MAC address

2008-10-25 Thread Nick Stinemates
On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 01:34:36PM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Samstag 25 Oktober 2008, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > Nick Stinemates wrote: > > > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 02:07:20AM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > >> My router has big problems assigning the correct IPs to Gentoo boxe

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dhcpd uses fake MAC address

2008-10-25 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Samstag 25 Oktober 2008, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Nick Stinemates wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 02:07:20AM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> My router has big problems assigning the correct IPs to Gentoo boxes. If > >> the NIC in the box has a MAC address of, say, 01:00:12:11:41:49:1e,