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[Xen-devel] using a different MAC in netfront than the one given by netb

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Subject: [Xen-devel] using a different MAC in netfront than the one given by netback
From: "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:42:28 +1000
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Thread-topic: using a different MAC in netfront than the one given by netback
Is there any problem if netfront (or Windows in my case) uses a
different MAC address than the one given to it by netback? NLB (Network
Load Balancing) appears to need to assign a Locally Administered Address
to the network interface.

The only issue I can think of is if iptables added rules on a MAC
address basis, which it doesn't at least in 3.2.x...

Thanks

James

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