perfectly logical, thx, looks like I was tired
> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2018 at 5:24 PM > From: "Theo de Raadt" <[email protected]> > To: "Kollar Arpad" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: hostname.cdce0 not modifying MAC > > Kollar Arpad <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I have the latest snapshot and > > > > cat /etc/hostname.cdce0 > > up lladdr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx > > > > > > xx -> MAC, but censored. > > > > How come I have to do a "sh /etc/netstart cdce0" to make OpenBSD modify the > > MAC address in the ifconfig output when I plug out/in the USB Gbit ethernet > > device? > > Because when the device isn't plugged in, it doesn't exist. > > > Because of this (when plug out/in) the MAC address isn't updated for the > > cdce0 device, and thus the pppoe0 doesn't connects, because my ISP has MAC > > filtering and only allowed the one in the hostname.cdce0 file. > > > > If the USB Gbit ethernet device is plugged out/in, shouldn't it have the > > MAC configured in its hostname.cdce0 file, without me have to manually run > > the netstart? Or what am I missing? > > netstart isn't automatically run when you install a device. That would be > crazy. >
