Comment 31 for bug 153727

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Loye Young (loyeyoung) wrote : Re: [Bug 153727] Re: Ethernet device's number increases by one after every reboot

>I just picked a
>random one, but this could be configured to match your card, or network
>requirements.

Thanks for running with this Jack.

IMHO, what you call a "horrible work-around" is on the right track to the
correct solution. Is there a way to have it remember from the first time the
system recognizes a valid MAC address? Maybe then a wag-and-a-poke script
could run during system installation and maintain the correct, consistent,
and globally unique MAC address. (Yeah, the way it's supposed to.)

As I wrote before on this thread, this is a problem that was documented and
solved 10 years ago. We really should follow the standard and do it "The
Right Way(tm)". See http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2469.

Happy Trails,

Loye Young
Isaac & Young Computer Company
Laredo, Texas
http://start.iycc.net