In beta 4.1.4 the MAC address of the ethernet port changes randomly at each boot.
This causes my DHCP server to assign it a different IP each time.
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Random MAC address
Re: Random MAC address
Wow that must be annoying Let me take a look and see if I can pin that down.
Re: Random MAC address
This one is super annoying - its an up-stream problem, and I could not get the mac address to stay fixed no matter where I set it.
Boot process / nic config / dhcp client - you name it, it moved, the closest I came was to send a specified identifier to the DHCP server, that seemed to help but its not a good fix.
So... still working on it...
Boot process / nic config / dhcp client - you name it, it moved, the closest I came was to send a specified identifier to the DHCP server, that seemed to help but its not a good fix.
So... still working on it...
Re: Random MAC address
Yes, if the hardware has a MAC burned into the EEPROM and if the Kernel knows how to read that EEPROM.
I believe that in this case, there is no address available in the EEPROM.
Re: Random MAC address
Using Armbian kernel / modules and dtb, with RasPiOS for everything else.
Can you point me at the Armbian Patch please - all i could find was a "yes this happens, we'll get to it" from Armbian so far.
EDIT: I did investigate the dwmac option, that seems to be related to older kernel versions, couldn't find much that is/was current.
In the mean time I have a fix that cures it nicely, pushing a new image to the beta folder today.
Re: Random MAC address
Already have a working fix for it in the posted beta
Re: Random MAC address
Thanks Andy. This afternoon I will record the microSD and test it.