Re: Issue with static ip in NM

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 06:09 -0500, Hooker, Jonathan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> I am currently having some issues with setting a static ip to a usb0
> ethernet device due to the fact that it changes mac addresses every
> time I plug it in. Is there any means of predicting this change so
> that I can get the its config file
> in /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections setup properly? Thanks for
> your help!

One way to do this is to set up a udev rules file that will always
assign a custom MAC to the device.  Since the MAC comes up random, the
device clearly isn't used to connect to a real ethernet network, and
it's probably a PocketPC/Windows Mobile device?

Dan

>  
> 
> Jonathan Hooker
> 
> Desktop Support – Engineering (Linux)
> 
> Garmin International
> 
> Jonathan Hooker Garmin com
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