Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dhcpd uses fake MAC address

[Nick Stinemates <nick@stinemates.org>]

On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 01:34:36PM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> On Samstag 25 Oktober 2008, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> > Nick Stinemates wrote:
> > > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 02:07:20AM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> > >> My router has big problems assigning the correct IPs to Gentoo boxes. If
> > >> the NIC in the box has a MAC address of, say, 01:00:12:11:41:49:1e,
> > >> dhcpd reports something else to router: ff:42:54:59:20:00:1c:21:e0:42:c2
> > >>
> > >> Why is this happening and how do I tell dhcpd not to mess with the MAC
> > >> address it reports to DHCP servers?
> > >
> > > Same experience here. I always thought it was a linux/windows
> > > compatibility problem since that is where I noticed the problem first.
> >
> > Nope, it only happens with the dhcpd of Gentoo.  Other Linux boxes
> > report the correct MAC address.
> 
> my dhcpd reports the right mac adress (when I try it), so it must be your 
> fault ;)
> 
>

Could it be a /etc/conf.d/net issue? Mind pasting yours?