swapped HD broke ethernet

hockeyman_102 · 05-05-2006, 01:30 PM

Okay, i have two identical machines. both Suse10. I had a hard drive go bad so i put it in the other machine and now my network doesn't work. Obviously the mac is different and I think thats how it identifies the configuration for the device. but where do I change it, and how do i read the new mac? Yast just picks up the old config.

Thanks,
J

b0nd · 05-05-2006, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by hockeyman_102

Obviously the mac is different and I think thats how it identifies the configuration for the device. but where do I change it, and how do i read the new mac? Yast just picks up the old config.

Thanks,
J

MAC has nothing to do with your hard drive. Its embedded into the ROM of NIC while manufactured.
Problem lies somewhere else. Plz elaborate it.

regards

hockeyman_102 · 05-05-2006, 02:15 PM

right, thanks. what I am saying is that I had a static ip and hostname all setup before putting the hard drive it the new machine. I put it in and its not recognized.. well thats my fault, but I know there is a way to move my settings from my old computers mac to the new computers mac. Or do i have to just remove the configureation files, but then I don't know how to make it search for new devices.

bigrigdriver · 05-05-2006, 03:46 PM

You could try reading the man pages for dhcpcd under SuSE. Something like 'dhcpcd -B interface eth0' could make the system reload the ethernet connection, IF you are using ethernet connection running through DHCP.

Other man pages to investigate: netlink, netstat.

hockeyman_102 · 05-05-2006, 04:56 PM

perfect. I man'd eth0 for all i could and bascially removed anything having to do with my old mac address. ran modprobe, then yast picked up the new card. I had to start over, but at least its working now.

Thanks!