On Fr, 2017-03-03 at 10:05 -0500, Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote: > On 03/03/2017 09:34 AM, Roger Oberholtzer wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Ken Schneider - openSUSE > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Most modern routers allow you to assign a fixed address to a mac > > > address. > > > > Of course. But if the MAC address keeps changing, what will the > > fixed > > address be? > > > > And, there is no router in these systems. Only a switch. an > > openSUSE > > server provides DHCPD services. > > > > I cannot understand the need for the system to creat a MAC address > when > every device is asigned an address by the manufacturer. Having an > openSUSE server provide DHCP means you can configure it to supply a > fixed IP address to a fixed MAC address.
Thats not the case for at least the RPi1/2/3 [A,B[plus]]. Other SBCs may be affected as well. Virtual machines also have no vendor assigned MAC addresses. Regards, Stefan
