Re: Re: forcedeth generates Invalid MAC address message

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen.Dedu@pu-pm.univ-fcomte.fr>]

Hi,

The first byte of your MAC address is 1d, i.e. 00011101.  On 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_address (the figure): if the last bit 
of the 1st byte is 1, then it is a multicast address, NOT a unicast one. 
 As such, it cannot be the "main" address of a NIC.  Maybe the address 
reading has a problem?  On some laptops, the MAC address is printed on 
the back side of the laptop.  Can you look at it?

You can also use http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/index.shtml to 
find out the enterprise which has built a NIC.

Cheers,
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Eugen Dedu