FC5: MAC address retention in ifcfg-eth* files

[Michael D. Setzer II]

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On 21 Apr 2006 at 15:48, Steve de Carteret wrote:

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Subject:        	FC5:  MAC address retention in ifcfg-eth* files
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> 
> We are trying out FC 5 in a classroom environment with removable hard drives
> and students change seats often.
> 
> We are seeing MAC address conflicts when the HD is put into a different
> machine, interfering with interface functioning.  Have not seen this
> behavior before.
> 
> Any ideas how to turn this off?
> 

Sytem / Administration / Network

With Device Selected click Edit
Then Click on Hardware Device Tab at top
Uncheck Bind to the MAC address box
Click OK.

I use g4l to image my systems, and thus copy one image to all machines, so 
I had to turn this off as well. 



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