>> any idea what to look for? > > It's possible that NDB is still case sensitive. Use a lower case "d" > in the ethernet address (or fix NDB).
I've submitted a patch for /sys/src/libip/parseether.c which relies on strtoul(). Is strtoul() (I haven't heard from Doug Gwyn for a long time) meant to be case sensitive? ++L PS: In passing, the patch is untested :-( And broken :-( :-( :-(
