Re: Help: Perplexing NetworkManager Problem

[Alan Cox <alan redhat com>]

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:26:36AM -0600, kwhiskerz wrote:
> ifconfig eth0 shows HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00!!!
> I set it correctly manually and I can connect, then after reboot, same all over again.
> 
> NetworkManager creates automatic wired entries called Auto Ethernet, System Ethernet and the like, but they have no HWaddr in them. When I put the real one in and reboot, they are set to all zeros, or are blank.

Network manager has many problems and sins but if the hw addr is being reported
as all zeroes that is almost certainly a kernel driver bug. Please file a bug
against the kernel and report which network driver and hardware you are
using.

Alan