[tulip] MAC address not reported correctly??!!!!

[Donald Becker]

On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, c.s.h. wrote:

> In any event, after much frustration and many hours, I think one problem
> is that the MAC address in linux is not correct.  Both windows (via
> winipcfg) and the sticker on the card say 00:C0:F0:40:FE:68, yet tulip
> and tulip-diag consistently report 00:40:F0:40:FE:68.

Oh, I forgot to add: if this is really an operational problem, you can use
  /sbin/ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:C0:F0:40:FE:68
to temporarily set the station address.

See the 'ifconfig' manual page.

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