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Fwd: [Xen-users] Changing MAC address of vifs in dom0

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From: James Harper <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 6:49 PM
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Changing MAC address of vifs in dom0
To: Blah Blah <cpnmagnet1@xxxxxxxxx>


>
> Yep, I've tried bringing the vif down (ip link set <dev> down,
ifconfig <dev>
> down) but it still refuses to change the mac.  The vifs are also
connected to
> the bridge, so I've even tried bringing the bridge down, removing the
vif from
> the bridge, and then bringing the vif down and changing the mac.  That
fails
> as well.
>
> Could this be a distro specific bug?
>

What lladdr are you using? You aren't trying to set a global or
broadcast address are you? I know windows insists that the 'local' bit
is set in the mac address.

James

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