[CentOS] Forcing ifcfg-eth0 to use the same nic in multi nic machine

[Lanny Marcus]

On 13 August 2007, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote:
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> How can 2 nics from different companies have the same mac address ....
> I don't think that is possible.
> each card needs a separate MAC address, at least the way I understand
> networking.

I agree with Doug and Johnny. My belief is that every NIC in the world
is supposed to have a unique MAC address. Although the OP has been using
these boards without problems, I suspect there is a defect on the
boards.