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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
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Subject: Re: question on random MAC in usbnet
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> So you might want to save the MAC on device removal and
> re-use it on the next insert.

That gets interesting when you have multiple USB-Ethernet dongles.

I have a machine with 20 of them, which i use for functional testing
of Ethernet switches. Luckily for me, they all have a vendor assigned
MAC address.

> 
> [1] We ended up putting the USB interface inside a 'bond'
> in order to stop the interface everything was using
> randomly disappearing due to common-mode noise on the
> USB data lines causing a disconnect.

Maybe you should of just thrown the hardware away since it seems
broken.

	Andrew