On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:05:45 +0000 (GMT) Simon Detheridge <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, > > I have a box with a bridge, br0, that exists to bridge a bunch of tap > interfaces together. I'm running a program that binds to this address to > serve things. Unfortunately, this server (it's isc-dhcp3) doesn't like it > when the mac address changes. > > I've tried configuring a dummy interface dummy0, and adding it as the first > interface on br0, before I bind my server to it. I was hoping that the mac > address of dummy0 would be used as the mac address for br0. > > What actually happens is that it uses the dummy0 mac address until the first > tap interface is connected, and then the mac address changes to that of the > tap interface, and my dhcp server stops working. > > Is there a way I can prevent this from happening? > > Thanks, > Simon > latest kernels have a way to set mac address. After setting mac address of bridge device, then address won't change. _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge
