On Mon, 2 Aug 2021 13:35:52 +0000 "J.Witvliet--- via users" <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: "John Mellor" <john.mellor@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:john.mellor@xxxxxxxxx>> > Date: Monday, 2 August 2021 at 15:04:42 > To: "users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > Subject: Re: scanner no longer detected? > > On 2021-08-01 7:08 p.m., Cameron Simpson wrote: > <snip> > > Huh? Am I misinterpreting? The MAC is supposed to be world-wide unique > to each interface. There are a couple of situations where this can > accidentally happen, like VMware using the same poorly-chosen random MAC > for two VMs that breaks everything on that vSwitch, but that's the only > one that I've ever encountered. Having the same MAC on two interfaces is > not legal, so you should expect to break something on any router or > machine that I can think of. If it works, then that router is broken. > > Long ago, this as 💯 true. > Then, some mobo manufacturers add the “option” to migrate your MAC… > And not so long ago, mobile phone producers had a brain-fart, and named that “privacy-mode”, randomizing MAC-addresses. > > > John Mellor > And not so long ago, Linux "experts" had a brain-fart, and named that “privacy-mode”, randomizing MAC-addresses. :-) BR, Bob _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
