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| author | Christian Breunig <christian@breunig.cc> | 2025-01-03 16:04:16 +0100 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2025-01-03 16:04:16 +0100 |
| commit | a5fb97bbec936437d10c484715e68dedb9a56617 (patch) | |
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| parent | 3bbb39230571d06f0a493acd9bbfc59a58a99226 (diff) | |
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Merge pull request #1585 from vyos/mergify/bp/sagitta/pr-1584
installation: add note about unsupported locally administered MAC addresses (backport #1584)
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diff --git a/docs/installation/index.rst b/docs/installation/index.rst index 435a16cd..97f7d85c 100644 --- a/docs/installation/index.rst +++ b/docs/installation/index.rst @@ -2,7 +2,16 @@ 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 |