Public bug reported: /etc/network/interfaces (see interfaces(5)) allows for setting hwaddress on ethernet adapters. This is needed by users whose ISPs restrict handing out DHCP leases to a fixed MAC address. In earlier releases this worked fine. Here is an example interfaces:
auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp hwaddress ether 0cdb128acfe5 However on feisty this is completely ignored by /etc/init.d/networking. Further complicating matters is that it seems we have yet another file that stores static networking information (/etc/iftab) which also wants to store MAC addresses. Anytime you store the same information in multiple places you're asking for trouble. Please consolidate /etc/iftab and /etc/network/interfaces and also make sure users can set MAC addresses on boot via this file. A workaround is to do this by hand i.e.: ifconfig down eth0 hw ether 0c:db:12:8a:cf:e5 ifconfig up eth0 dhclient ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- /etc/init.d/networking does not respect hwaddress https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/118613 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs