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   PID: PyGate 1.5.2   
   TID: PyGate/Linux 1.5.2   
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   druck  writes:   
   > On 30/12/2025 01:00, Jim Diamond wrote:   
   >> However, it was worth a look.  Maybe.  According to the router, the   
   >> "mystery" address is paired with the wifi card's actual ethernet (MAC)   
   >   
   > MAC's aren't just Ethernet, WiFi and Bluetooth interfaces also have them.   
   >   
   >> address, whereas the "proper" address is (currently) paired with the   
   >> same ethernet address, except the last octet is 8C instead of 8D.   
   >> This makes me think that it is showing "Connected" or "Disconnected"   
   >> according to the ethernet address which is working, and it is not   
   >> careful about pairing that with the correct IPv4 address.   
   >   
   > You often see a difference of 1 when something creates a virtual   
   > network interface for use by a virtual machine or container. The   
   > virtual network card is assigned the second IP address and can operate   
   > independently from anything using the hosts primary interface and IP   
   > address.   
      
   At least on my 3B and 4B, the wired and wireless interfaces have   
   adjacent MACs.   
      
       PS C:\Users\rjk> ssh shairo ip link show   
       1: lo:  mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode   
   DEFAULT group default qlen 1000   
           link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00   
       2: eth0:  mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT   
   group default qlen 1000   
           link/ether dc:a6:32:cb:73:6b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff   
       3: wlan0:  mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state   
   UP mode DORMANT group default qlen 1000   
           link/ether dc:a6:32:cb:73:6c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff   
      
   If both interfaces were connected to the same network then I might see   
   something similar to Jim?s situation.   
      
   I did ask Jim for ?ip addr show? output but it has not appeared.   
      
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