"ip link ..." can optionally set or select the ethernet address, which is indeed 48 bits (6 bytes) long. I can see how that may be linked to the DHCP failure, but only as an educated guess.
Lucio. On 12/9/20, remyw...@cs.washington.edu <remyw...@cs.washington.edu> wrote: > Sorry, I should have quoted the errors more carefully. > >> I wonder why it says DHCP failed instead of no success with DHCP. > > You are right, it does say "no success with DHCP". > >> If "0.0.0.0" is too short, the chances are "0.0.0.0/0" may be the valid >> form. > > The exact error is "Invalid address length 4 - must be 6 bytes". I tried a > few others including 0.0.0.0 but none of them worked. Not specifying this > argument however doesn't trigger any complaints. > > Perhaps it's time to peruse the man pages for ip! But I have to put this > down for now and will come back to it this weekend. -- Lucio De Re 2 Piet Retief St Kestell (Eastern Free State) 9860 South Africa Ph.: +27 71 471 3694 Cell: +27 83 251 5824 ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T84b4492f91f2abb6-M5944f2b488b0b9bec54d4290 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
