Re: [U-Boot] Fw: TFTP fails when using network switch

Loren A. Linden Levy wrote:

Hi Jerry,

Your gonna love this. I was setting the hardware MAC address to be FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF. When i changed this everything magically started working. I guess this MAC has some meaning like the device is a router. Anyway, i learned a lot while trying to figure this out. Thanks again!

Alex

That is a multicast (broadcast) address (the bit 0x01 in the first octet is set). Very wrong, as you now know. http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/EthernetDoesNotWork http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/WhereCanIGetAValidMACAddress More detailed explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address

Best regards, gvb