Behaviour when ethernet MAC is 00:00:00:00:00:00 ?

Jos Vos jos at xos.nl
Mon Nov 19 15:58:14 UTC 2007


On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 04:53:38PM +0100, Ralf Ertzinger wrote:

> I have updated some BIOSes in my time, but I never had to do that.

No, and I've even never heard that story.

Usually, when MAC addresses become 00:00..., your NIC has a serious
problem.  I've had that in a few cases, all after a power dip IIRC,
and I had to replace them.

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