Region : Hongkong

Model : TG-3468

Hardware Version : V2

Firmware Version :

ISP :

I have two TG-3468 NICs in a Linux box, and generally they work fine.

However, I need to disable the MAC address self-learning.

I am trying to use them as part of a bonded (LACP) connection using Linux kernel bonding. What happens is this:

1) Boot box. Cards are identified as eth0 MAC=f8:1a:67:04:25:44 and eth1 MAC=f8:1a:67:04:25:45.
2) Kernel bonding happens. As part of this process, unavoidably, both cards are assigned the same MAC address. This means that eth1 has its MAC address changed to f8:1a:67:04:25:44.
3) The NIC supporting eth1 self-learns the new MAC address.
4) Reboot
5) Boot box. Cards are identified as eth0 MAC=f8:1a:67:04:25:44 and eth1 MAC=f8:1a:67:04:25:44 - BOTH THE SAME because of the self-learning!
6) udevd doesn't know what to do with two cards with the same MAC address, doesn't start eth1, and my kernel bonding fails.

I used to use NICs that didn't self-learn MACs, and because they reverted to their default MAC addresses every reboot, there was never a problem.

So... can I disable MAC address self-learning on this card?

Thanks!
Al.