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Vyrr
7y

*Opens a pack of tablets (8000) and start to prep them.*
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK.
SAME MAC ADDRESS.
Okay, that's just an er-
NOPE, ANOTHER ONE. HOLY SHIT. OKAY IT'S GETTING WORSE.
Is it my db?
Oh.
The db is just fine.
*Painfully getting in contact with the reseller*
Me: grumbles grumbles Mac Address grumbles
Reseller: Uh.. What?

It would be okay if we weren't using Mac Addresses as primary key in our databases.
They gave us some weird-looking software to "re-write mac addresses". It's working.

Something tells me that ipv6 is not for tomorrow.

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  • 3
    Please end their suffering.
  • 1
    How is this even a thing? 🙈
  • 5
    I'm more surprised that it's working...

    This is on a far worse level than the cops asking me for the IP-addresses of my stolen devices...
  • 2
    How is it still working: it does NOT. If you keep a low number of devices (tablets? How do you actually call that? It runs android and it's useless) on the same LAN, it's ok. But as the number grow, you are more likely to have the same mac address twice. It is not supposed to happen, and I was not prepared for that.
    Holy shit.
    I'm so tired. I have to work around that kind of shit, because the guys out there WON'T FUCKING TRACK THEIR MAC ADDRESSES. It's like some semi-random generator and OF COURSE, we bought 10k devices over 2 years.
    We TRIED to automate the "re-macaddressing?" but unfortunately, they gave us the fucking program without source code and we don't even understand how it fucking works. Thank god the contracts ends in a few months.
  • 1
    @Vyrr sikluli is automation software for ui. Hope it helps.
  • 0
    @Vyrr @demortes Many thanks!
  • 0
    this shouldnt happen, this is the violation of the purpose of an mac address. The manager who said that all cards must have the same mac should slapped in the face.
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