Comment 9 for bug 109725

tags 224468 patch
thanks

From my understanding, the following patch should solve the issue,
shouldn't it? (it sets the hardware address before 'upping' the interface)

Regards

Javi

$ diff -u inet.defn.orig inet.defn
--- inet.defn.orig 2004-01-21 15:17:01.000000000 +0100
+++ inet.defn 2004-01-21 15:20:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@
     mtu size -- MTU size

   up
+ [[ ifconfig %iface% hw %hwaddress%]]
     ifconfig %iface% %address% netmask %netmask% [[broadcast %broadcast%]] \
        [[pointopoint %pointopoint%]] [[media %media%]] [[mtu %mtu%]] \
- [[hw %hwaddress%]] up
+ up
     route add -net %network% \
         if ( mylinuxver() < mylinux(2,1,100) )
     [[ route add default gw %gateway% %iface% ]]