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Linux Mint chooses random MAC address on bootup
Every time I start a machine with Linux Mint 14 installed, the Ethernet NIC chooses a random MAC address to use. Is there a way to disable that behavior?
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How is ARP about two VMs running on VMWare?
I know that systems in network connect together with IP and Mac address ,But insofar as i now all of OSs running on virtual machine use a common network card.I want to know how another systems connect ...
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MAC address ends with FF:FF:FF
My PCs MAC address ends with FF:FF:FF. I am little confused about this address. As per my knowledge MAC address is of 12 Hex digits (first 6 correspond to Company and second half to a unique NIC). And ...
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Is it possible to recognise hardware (router or network card) just by its MAC address?
Just wondering if that is possible. Are there any naming conventions that would allow one to deduce whether the MAC address belongs to a router (of a specific brand), or a network card, etc..
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How can I determine the MAC address for a NIC in CentOS without using ifconfig?
CentOS 5.5
One of my CenTOS systems recently booted with the following error:
"Bringing up interface eth0: Device eth0 has difference MAC address than expected. ignoring."
When I run ifconfig -a ...
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Why do unicast packets not intended to me reach my NIC when I'm in promiscous mode?
When I'm connected to a switch, the switch knows which mac address belongs to which port. So even when I'm in promiscous mode, why do I receive unicast packets that are addressed to different mac ...
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How can I change the MAC address of Microsoft Loopback Adapter?
I am trying to designate a MAC address for MS loopback adapter. Installation is fine. I see in device manager, the adapter and in advanced tab, I enter the mac address I desire. But when I do in cmd ...
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Are MAC addresses unique when coming out of the factory?
According to Wikipedia:
A Media Access Control address (MAC address) is a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for communications on the physical network segment
But how unique are ...
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If I format a machine that's running Ubuntu and install Windows, will the physical network address change?
My ISP binds the access to the physical address of my computer.
I bought a new one yesterday and I had to call them to tell them the new physical address.
Will it change if I format the computer and ...
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Do laptop docking stations have their own MAC addresses?
My laptop has an ethernet connection, and there's another on the docking station.
Can I connect using both at the same time? Will they have different MAC addresses?
I'm assuming the ethernet port ...
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How do I find the MAC address of my laptop?
I tried to find out the MAC address in my notebook by Run → cmd → config /all but I didn't find it there.
How do I find the MAC address of my laptop?
