[system-administrators-guide] specifying a cloned MAC address

stephenw stephenw at fedoraproject.org
Thu Jan 10 10:47:08 UTC 2013


commit 4241619597b4571b72d4248e2057c2cb21a1e3b1
Author: Stephen Wadeley <swadeley at redhat.com>
Date:   Thu Jan 10 11:34:38 2013 +0100

    specifying a cloned MAC address

 en-US/NetworkManager.xml |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/en-US/NetworkManager.xml b/en-US/NetworkManager.xml
index 105fb7d..4d9ffd9 100644
--- a/en-US/NetworkManager.xml
+++ b/en-US/NetworkManager.xml
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ NetworkManager (pid  1527) is running...
       </itemizedlist>
       <bridgehead
         id="bh-Configuring_the_Wired_Tab">Configuring the Wired Tab</bridgehead>
-      <para>The final two configurable settings are located within the <guilabel>Wired</guilabel> tab itself: the first is a text-entry field where you can specify a MAC (Media Access Control) address, and the second allows you to specify the MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value. Normally, you can leave the <guilabel>MAC address</guilabel> field blank and the <guilabel>MTU</guilabel> set to <userinput>automatic</userinput>. These defaults will suffice unless you are associating a wired connection with a second or specific NIC, or performing advanced networking. In such cases, refer to the following descriptions:</para>
+      <para>The final three configurable settings are located within the <guilabel>Wired</guilabel> tab itself: the first is a text-entry field where you can specify a MAC (Media Access Control) address, manually or by using the dropdown list, in order to lock the connection to a specifc hardware device. The second alows specifying a cloned MAC address to be used, and the third allows you to specify the MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value. Normally, you can leave the <guilabel>MAC address</guilabel> field blank and the <guilabel>MTU</guilabel> set to <userinput>automatic</userinput>. These defaults will suffice unless you are associating a wired connection with a second or specific NIC, or performing advanced networking. In such cases, refer to the following descriptions:</para>
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         <varlistentry>
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