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 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 the

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: snip 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

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, dhcpd

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 boxes. If

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 router has big

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 fault ;)