On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 16:52 +0100, KH KH wrote: > 2007/11/19, Michael Wiktowy <michael.wiktowy@xxxxxxxxx>: > > Hi, > > > > It seems recently one of my two onboard NICs has decided to not > > remember its MAC address between reboots. Since I just updated the > > BIOS firmware, I suspect that as the culprit but I also upgraded to > > Fedora 8 about the same time so it may be to blame. I don't know. > When you update the bios, the tool accept a parameter for the mac > address.. Each time you flash the bios, you need to give the mac > address for the integrated ethernet (usually written on the top of the > mainboard ), so it can be hardcoded into the bios... > > Nicolas (kwizart) > I've updated my share of BIOS... Large share. Never seen a BIOS upgrade that erases the MAC address. Most likely the on-board NIC has been fried. P.S. AFAIR you manually set the MAC address by adding "MACADDR=00:..." to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX - Gilboa -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
