[Gllug] Fedora 16 MAC Address

[Chris Bell]

On Tue 17 Apr, Jason Clifford wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 2012-04-16 at 19:25 +0000, Chris Bell wrote:
> > I noticed that the ethernet hardware showed a
> > MAC address before the ethernet cable was connected, but is that always
> > consistent? Does it change when the cable is connected?
> 
> There is no reason it should. The MAC has nothing to do with the
> connectivity status of the interface. It's just the physical layer
> address. That it changes means there is either a firmware bug or a bug
> in the driver.
> 
> I'd recommend checking the Dell support site to see if there are any
> firmware updates for the laptop and apply the latest if there are.
> 

   Agreed, I was just trying to ascertain when it was going wrong.

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