hi ,
Is the mac is stable for next boot by changing with ifconfig command
On Thursday, June 20, 2013 9:08:57 PM UTC+5:30, Scott Baillie wrote:
>
>
> Hi Praveen,
>
> Robert is correct, it is randomly generated, every time you boot up the
> MAC address is different.
>
> It is really annoying !!!!!!!!!!
>
> If you want your router to assign you a fixed IP address , you need a
> fixed MAC address , REALLY ANNOYING !!!!!!!!!!
>
> This is what I do , when my Beagleboard xm boots , I add the following
> lines to a script that runs at boot up time :
>
> ifconfig eth0 down
> ifconfig eth0 hw ether C6:00:25:73:A7:2A up
> udhcpc -q
>
> What this does is takes down the ethernet interface and brigs it up again
> with a fixed MAC address.
> I add a rule to my router that assigns me a fixed IP address based on the
> MAC address C6:00:25:73:A7:2A.
>
> This way, my beagleboard uses DHCP to obtain a IP address but always gets
> the same IP address which is what I want.
>
> I am sure there are many ways to achieve the same result, but this is what
> I do.
>
> Scott.
>
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