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| author | Christian Breunig <christian@breunig.cc> | 2025-01-02 22:24:47 +0100 |
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| committer | Christian Breunig <christian@breunig.cc> | 2025-01-02 22:24:47 +0100 |
| commit | 3fdab89e5c28485b7f4c3e9a492e51235077edd9 (patch) | |
| tree | da184cbd53c56a7c3cb6adc5c65bf96f935f1348 | |
| parent | 82de7860efeb6cf08c406c197e8746fa972d8784 (diff) | |
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installation: add note about unsupported locally administered MAC addresseslocally-administered-macs
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diff --git a/docs/installation/index.rst b/docs/installation/index.rst index 9ab43b0e..7cdd9c29 100644 --- a/docs/installation/index.rst +++ b/docs/installation/index.rst @@ -2,6 +2,17 @@ Installation and Image Management ################################# +.. note:: This is most likely only relevant for virtual installations: + + When installing VyOS ensure that the MAC address selected for your NICs is + not a locally administered MAC address. Locally administered addresses are + distinguished from universally administered addresses by setting (assigning + the value of 1 to) the second-least-significant bit of the first octet of + the address: + + Example: ``02:00:00:00:00:01``, where the second-least-significant bit + (``02`` in hex) is set to ``1``. + .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 :caption: Content |