Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 16:32:04 -0800 From: "Chris H" <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> To: Martin Hanson <greencoppermine@yandex.com>, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: NICs devices switches "pshycial" place on each boot (SOLVED) Message-ID: <495f1468403f248719eb032d83f19002@ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmonO1AebB=HWJ3=NEY7HWg%2BzcJHZz=5Wyvwu%2Bs78tRwfAg@mail.gmail.com> References: <154421417731858@web18h.yandex.ru>, <CAJ-VmonO1AebB=HWJ3=NEY7HWg%2BzcJHZz=5Wyvwu%2Bs78tRwfAg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 4 Dec 2014 14:41:11 -0800 Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote > On 4 December 2014 at 14:24, Martin Hanson <greencoppermine@yandex.com> > wrote: > It is worth mentioning that the ONLY reason why this worked is > because > the vendor has provided a serial number. Most vendors don't and it > > would not have worked then. > > > > devd NEEDS to be able to see device MAC addresses! > > I'm surprised it doesn't! Really? I ran into a situation ~2yrs ago trying to manage a dongle based IF, in an effort get it to work with the upstream, that required MAC based authentication. It's in the list archives, somewhere. :) > Would you mind filing a PR so we do expose > that particular bit of data? I'll be happy to do it, myself, now. I'm going to building a wireless switch, and will be doing *quite* a bit of work in this area. So will likely be making contributions, and would like to be kept in the loop. :) @Martin, Thank you very much for your diligence, and for sharing your experience, and *especially* your solution. @Warren; Thanks for your continued dedication! --Chris > > > > -a > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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