[U-Boot-Users] Ethernet port

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <20070918211917.GJ25557 at GNU> you wrote:
> 
>   Check the config file for the board you are referring. For eg, the
>   ADS board i refer to have the following configurations for setting
>   the ip and the mac respectively.
> 
>   #define CONFIG_IPADDR    192.168.1.253
> 
>   #define CONFIG_ETHADDR   00:E0:0C:00:00:FD

It is a terrible bad idea to set the IP address and especially the MAC
address of your board in the config file, as then all your boards will
share the same address, which will cause only trouble.

DO NOT DO THIS!!!

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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