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Re: [Fwd:] Nvidia NICs with duplicate mac addresses
From: "David W. Hankins" <David_Hankins () isc org>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 09:36:06 -0700
On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 10:32:46AM -0400, Robert E. Seastrom wrote:
Forwarded to NANOG in the interests of wider awareness... having been there and torn out my already scarce hair, duplicate MAC addresses can really mess up your day...
Out of curiosity, does this happen often enough we might want to consider an automated means to negotiate out of the problem state (e.g. detect collisions and negotiate MAC address by DHCP)? It would take years to deploy but might save thousands of hairs. -- Ash bugud-gul durbatuluk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul. Why settle for the lesser evil? https://secure.isc.org/store/t-shirt/ -- David W. Hankins "If you don't do it right the first time, Software Engineer you'll just have to do it again." Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. -- Jack T. Hankins
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- RE: [Fwd:] Nvidia NICs with duplicate mac addresses Scott Berkman (Sep 05)
- Re: [Fwd:] Nvidia NICs with duplicate mac addresses Kevin Oberman (Sep 05)
- RE: [Fwd:] Nvidia NICs with duplicate mac addresses Eric Tow (Sep 05)
- Re: [Fwd:] Nvidia NICs with duplicate mac addresses bmanning (Sep 05)
- Re: [Fwd:] Nvidia NICs with duplicate mac addresses Jim Shankland (Sep 05)
- Re: [Fwd:] Nvidia NICs with duplicate mac addresses Paul Wall (Sep 05)
- Re: [Fwd:] Nvidia NICs with duplicate mac addresses Kevin Oberman (Sep 05)
- Re: [Fwd:] Nvidia NICs with duplicate mac addresses Christopher LILJENSTOLPE (Sep 08)
- RE: [Fwd:] Nvidia NICs with duplicate mac addresses Scott Berkman (Sep 05)
- RE: [Fwd:] Nvidia NICs with duplicate mac addresses Robert D. Scott (Sep 05)
- Re: [Fwd:] Nvidia NICs with duplicate mac addresses Jon Kibler (Sep 05)
- RE: [Fwd:] Nvidia NICs with duplicate mac addresses Robert D. Scott (Sep 05)
- Re: [Fwd:] Nvidia NICs with duplicate mac addresses Jon Kibler (Sep 05)
- Re: [Fwd:] Nvidia NICs with duplicate mac addresses David W. Hankins (Sep 05)
- Re: [Fwd:] Nvidia NICs with duplicate mac addresses Robert E. Seastrom (Sep 05)
- Re: [Fwd:] Nvidia NICs with duplicate mac addresses David W. Hankins (Sep 05)
- Re: [Fwd:] Nvidia NICs with duplicate mac addresses Robert E. Seastrom (Sep 05)
- Re: [Fwd:] Nvidia NICs with duplicate mac addresses Alec Berry (Sep 05)