[Bug 109725] Re: can't set hardware address in /etc/network/interfaces

[Stéphane Graber]

Should have been working fine for a few years now.

** Changed in: ifupdown (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

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Title:
  can't set hardware address in /etc/network/interfaces

Status in “ifupdown” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “ifupdown” package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  My SIS900 hardware address is not correctly recognized, so I've added
  line in to /etc/network/interfaces:

  auto eth1
  iface eth1 inet dhcp
          hwaddress ether 00:0b:6a:3a:30:a6

  This worked well with 6.10 but not with fresh installed  Feisty. Ifconfig says that hardware address is FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF. And because of this dhcp cannot assign correct IP.
  I know SIS900 auto conf has problems but why does not the manual hw-address line in /etc/network/interfaces work in Feisty?

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