Do you use dhcp to get your address? If you do, the linux dhcpcd releases it each time you shutdown so every time you reboot you get a new ip-addr. MAC addr is another story. That should be fixed to the adaptor and never change. (Well, almost never. There are a few that have mac addresses that are able to be modified with a special utility. The only ones I know about are for older minicomputers...)
If your problem is ip-addr changing, you can modify the dhcpc script in /etc/init.d to "killall -9 dhcpcd" for the stop function. That fixed it for me. jim > Hi, > > I have a portable with a 3Com 3CCE589ET CPCMCIA network > adapter. I'm also running arpwatch on my network to check for > "ellegal aliens". I noticed that everytime a reboot my portable > from linux to windows or the other way around I get a message > from arpwatch that the Ethernet address of my portable changed. > Shouldn't the ethernet address be network-card-specific. Is either > Linux or Windows98 changing my Ethernet address and ifso why? > > Thanks in advance, > > Nico > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------- > How do you tell when you run out of invisible ink? > -------------------------------------------------------- > Nico De Ranter > Sony Service Center (SUPC-E/NSSE) > Sint Stevens Woluwestraat 55 (Rue de Woluwe-Saint-Etienne) > 1130 Brussel (Bruxelles), Belgium, Europe, Earth > Telephone: +32 2 724 86 41 Telefax: +32 2 726 26 86 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null >
