From: news@druck.org.uk   
      
   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.   
      
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