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10 years ago

MAC Address Change Buggy

Hi, I encounted a problem I had to commit I could not solve on my own: platform: Altera / Quartus FPGA with TSE (triple-speed ethernet) with Altera drivers which are supported by uCLinux. pro...
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10 years ago

Hi,

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it fails before and after, means clearing the ARP cache is no solutiuon. But funny is: I CAN ping the host from the host itself!

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I recommend you to use a packet analyzer like 'WireShark'

https://www.wireshark.org/

and check the ether packet header whether it has the new Mac number or not.

If it has your correct new address, I recommend you to check your phy chip.

(Generally, ping packets which are sent to itself will not use physical layer.)

Kazu