On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 10:55 AM, Freek de Kruijf <freek@opensuse.org> wrote:
Op zondag 5 maart 2017 15:39:46 CET schreef Greg Freemyer:
On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 7:48 AM, Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com> wrote:
Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote:
I cannot understand the need for the system to creat a MAC address when every device is asigned an address by the manufacturer.
This is a privacy feature. And yes, you want that when traveling with your laptop in certain countries.
Note that recent Android versions and IIRC Windows 10 also do that. You can observe that when looking at leases in your DHCP server log.
I admin a business WiFi network (not meant for guests) with about 30 known devices that connect regularly (daily/weekly). I get notified when a new to the WiFi MAC shows up.
I can assure you that non-static MACs is not standard on:
There is some confusion here. What is meant, AFAICS, is the IPv6 address derived from the MAC address. For privacy reasons this IPv6 address can assume a random lower 64 bit address part. So when you move from IPv6 network to another IPv6 address you are not traceable.
As I understood it, the complaint revolves around inconsistent DHCP IPv4 address assignment. That means the complaint revolves around the actual MAC address not being stable in the DHCP address assignment request. If that isn't the MAC address under-discussion, clarification is indeed needed. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-arm+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-arm+owner@opensuse.org