From a4bc7def837f8da9517b77d05999b4ebfb53b165 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Breunig Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2025 22:24:47 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] installation: add note about unsupported locally administered MAC addresses (cherry picked from commit 3fdab89e5c28485b7f4c3e9a492e51235077edd9) --- docs/installation/index.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/installation/index.rst b/docs/installation/index.rst index 435a16cd9e..97f7d85cd3 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