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Old 04-02-2012, 07:24 AM   #404
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Device: Onyx Boox M92
Quote:
Originally Posted by PF4Mobile View Post
Using the hardware address is not mandatory.
Many NIC drivers have this option exactly for the opposite -a specific MAC address is already locked down on an upstream device (static arp for routers or static MAC for switches)
That rather proves flexibility...than a bug
True, though the description 'Hardware Address' is not mine, but Onyx'.
Also, calling the, seemingly arbitrary, alteration of MAC after updates a feature is stretching it a bit, I would say.

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