Why we say you should ifconfig $INTERFACE hw ether fe:fd:0:0:0:0

[Guus Sliepen]

On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 01:57:52PM +0200, Guus Sliepen wrote:

> > > ifconfig $INTERFACE hw ether fe:fd:0:0:0:0
> > 
> > in future, please let me know why this happens (and whether it happens in 
> > the other modes, i.e. switch and hub).

You shouldn't set the MAC address to fe:fd:0:0:0:0 and disable arp in
switch and hub mode.

> The cleanest way would be if tinc would use the Universal TUN/TAP
> interface in tun mode if tinc is in routing mode, that way you don't
> have to worry about ARP or MAC addresses at all. Maybe we should
> implement this...

Implemented in CVS :)

-- 
Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
    Guus Sliepen <guus at sliepen.eu.org>
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