[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > In the host side of tap device the mac address seems to be random > but it seems like in guest side the mac address is derived from > first given ip-address and when using dhcp it's always 0.0.0.0 which > causes it to be fe:fd:00:00:00:00. The problem is that I can't seem > to be able to change the mac address to different when using dhcp.
This is not the case AFAIK. I thought that the mac address of the guest is set by that option on the guest command line. If you don't set the mac specifically then you always get fe:fd:00:00:00:00. > Thanks, that helped me. Interesting thing is that after giving also > the mac address I could alse change it in guest. Could there be a > bug related to mac address? Don't think so. Without externalizing the selection of the mac setting inside the VM would be dangerous. The only comprehensive solution that I can see is a network wide mac allocator or a dhcp client that can somehow set the mac on a dhcp response. This latter option is possible because dhcp _is_ extensible. I haven't had the time to hack on it though. I will document all this at some stage... and exactly how I do allocation in my 2 different setups. -- Nic Ferrier http://www.tapsellferrier.co.uk for all your tapsell ferrier needs ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
