[plug] Device eth0 has different MAC address than expected, ignoring.

[Rob Dunne]

Hi Carl,
Carl Gherardi wrote:
> Hey Rob,
> 
> 
>>I have put a couple of echo statements in ifup and found
>>HWADDR                 02:00:06:4E:E8
>>FOUNDMACADDR           00:02:06:E8:4E
>>=20
>>just before the error message.
>>=20
>>Where should I look for more info?
> 
> 
> You're missing a pair of numbers to start with. How are/did you
> configure your nic? Something looks to have swapped a few pairs.

so whats a nic?

> Check /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and see whether it
> lists a mac address there. You can safely remove it - the error
> message should go away then, 

thanks, that did it
-- the error message (and the error) went away.

Bye and thanks
Rob


either that or make it match your real
> mac address.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Carl
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