I have not see this before... Installing centos 5 on m2n-mx motherboard the onboard forcedeth driver loads and says invalid mac address "97:42:40:F3:18:00"
Anyone else ever seen this before? Is it fixable? I went to support.asus.com and searched for "invalid mac address" they say sorry no data.
Jerry
Jerry Geis spake the following on 4/18/2007 11:18 AM:
I have not see this before... Installing centos 5 on m2n-mx motherboard the onboard forcedeth driver loads and says invalid mac address "97:42:40:F3:18:00"
Anyone else ever seen this before? Is it fixable? I went to support.asus.com and searched for "invalid mac address" they say sorry no data.
Jerry
It is all over Google. It seems to be a problem with the Asus bios and the mac address settings. You either will have to set a fixed mac address in the config file and hope it isn't already take out in the world, or get Asus to fix your problem. If you go with a fixed address, look on your board to see if they attached the mac address to a sticker somewhere and use that. It will most likely be the correct address.
Is there a bios update for the board? It might fix it.
Jerry Geis wrote:
I have not see this before... Installing centos 5 on m2n-mx motherboard the onboard forcedeth driver loads and says invalid mac address "97:42:40:F3:18:00"
Anyone else ever seen this before? Is it fixable? I went to
i saw something similar with my forcedeth on my asus board.
currently booted fedora, but i suggest it's the same doing
compare your output of ifconfig and the output of the related lines (ethx) from /etc/sysconfig/hwconf regarding your mac address.
if they are different, then - remove or backup /etc/modprobe.conf - remove or backup /etc/sysconfig/hwconf - (maybe a modprobe -rv forcedeth; modprobe -sv forcedeth) - run kudzu ( writes new files: modprobe.conf, hwconf) - reconfigure your network with: System -> Administration->network, especial here the mac-address (via edit-> tab hardware device) cause there are hardlinked
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