On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 06:09 -0500, Hooker, Jonathan wrote: > Hi, > > > > I am currently having some issues with setting a static ip to a usb0 > ethernet device due to the fact that it changes mac addresses every > time I plug it in. Is there any means of predicting this change so > that I can get the its config file > in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections setup properly? Thanks for > your help!
One way to do this is to set up a udev rules file that will always assign a custom MAC to the device. Since the MAC comes up random, the device clearly isn't used to connect to a real ethernet network, and it's probably a PocketPC/Windows Mobile device? Dan > > > Jonathan Hooker > > Desktop Support – Engineering (Linux) > > Garmin International > > [email protected] > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for > the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended > recipient, please be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution > or use of this e-mail or any attachment is prohibited. If you have > received this e-mail in error, please contact the sender and delete > all copies. > > Thank you for your cooperation > _______________________________________________ > NetworkManager-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
