fix the first octet of the generated MAC

so we don't accidentally create multi-cast addresses, or addresses
that claim to be vendor-assigned
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Matthias Radestock committed 2014-08-19 11:18:27 +01:00
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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ shift 2
# pre-create bridge so we can set the MTU
[ ! -d /sys/class/net/$BRIDGE ] && {
ip link add dev $BRIDGE type bridge > /dev/null 2>&1
ip link set dev $BRIDGE address $(od -txC -An -N6 /dev/random | tr \ : | tail -c+2)
ip link set dev $BRIDGE address 7a:$(od -txC -An -N5 /dev/random | tr \ : | tail -c+2)
# attempting to set the bridge MTU to a high value directly
# fails. Bridges take the lowest MTU of their interfaces. So
# instead we create a temporary interface with the desired MTU,