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

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de>]

On Samstag 25 Oktober 2008, Nick Stinemates wrote:
> 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?

yes, because I have a static ip. But it is the usual 

config_eth0="... netmask 255.255.255.0"
routes_eth0="default via ..."         
gateways_eth0="..." 

so nothing special there.