Mikrotik uses the MAC of the first interface added to it, I believe. It knows that MAC won't exist anywhere else.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 9:04 PM, Justin Marshall <just...@pdmnet.net> wrote: > Hi, > > I have an RB2011 with a bridge. Today everything on the bridge decided to > randomly start losing pings. > > Someone had suggested a while back on a similar issue, that copying a mac > address from an Ethernet port on the bridge, and pasting it into the "Admin > MAC Address" section of the bridge would sometimes fix the issue (forgot > the explanation I was given, but it made sense at the time, something about > the way Mikrotik chooses the MAC address and that it's better to sometimes > make it 'static') > > In this situation; If I copy/paste one of the mac addresses from an > Ethernet port on the bridge into the "Admin MAC Address" section on the > bridge, it fixes the issue for about 20 minutes, then it re-appears.... > > Does anyone have a suggestion for such an issue? > > Thanks > Justin > just...@pdmnet.net<mailto:just...@pdmnet.net> > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://mail.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20151009/460290e1/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Mikrotik mailing list > Mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com > http://mail.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik > > Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik > RouterOS > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20151008/b3ce92d3/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list Mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com http://mail.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS