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

[Carl Gherardi]

On 6/5/05, Rob Dunne <rob.dunne at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?

Network Interface Card.

> > 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.

Good to hear.

Carl G