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[Peter 'p2' De Schrijver]

Hi,

> > This MAC address is suspicious. The OUI is not assigned to chaintech. So
> > you either have hardware problem or the driver doesn't read the eeprom
> > containing the MAC address correctly.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Peter (p2).
> 
> I mixed it up, it is the ASUS A7V8X-MX SE motherboards which make trouble
> and which I got refurbished. I could still use it as master node with a
> second nic though, to rewrite the eeprom is out of my reach. Or is it
> feasable to change the mac address software wise after installation as
> client and then to continue with installation of other clients ?

You can set the address in /etc/network/interfaces using the hwaddress
parameter (See interfaces (5)) after installation.

Cheers,

Peter (p2).

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