Re: Mac Address Initialisation on Linux 2.4.27-vrs1

[Stage Iup - Fabrice & Frederic <stageiup@xxxxxxxxx>]

hi

thanks for all
the error was due to the Mac Address
I used a mac address generator and now everythnig goes well

that's great

thanks for all

2005/7/19, Wolfgang Denk <wd@xxxxxxx>:
> 
> In message <cbc1ab770507190545161cba6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> you wrote:
> >
> > we've got 00:00:00:00:00:00 even if it is set to 01:02:03:04:05:06. So 
> as a
> > result, i can't use ifconfig due to that
> 
> Be very, very careful. 01:02:03:04:05:06 has the multicast bit set
> and will not work as you might expect. You better use valid MAC
> addresses only.
> 
> See http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/EthernetDoesNotWork
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Wolfgang Denk
> 
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