<< Solved >> asus chromebox cn60, [10ec:8168] not getting mac address?

[vindu]

as far as i can see the kext(from mieze, v2.2.2) loads, ethernet shows up in system profiler, detects the cable being plugged in and unplugged, won't get an ip via dhcp, doesn't appear to pickup the mac address either

lspci -nnn:
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 0c)

dug through the logs and it outputs:
kernel: (RealtekRTL8111) Ethernet [RealtekRTL8111]: PCIe ASPM support disabled.
kernel: (RealtekRTL8111) Ethernet [RealtekRTL8111]: EEE support disabled.
kernel: (RealtekRTL8111) Ethernet [RealtekRTL8111]: RxPoll support enabled.
kernel: (RealtekRTL8111) Ethernet [RealtekRTL8111]: TCP/IPv4 segmentation offload enabled.
kernel: (RealtekRTL8111) Ethernet [RealtekRTL8111]: TCP/IPv6 segmentation offload enabled.
kernel: (RealtekRTL8111) Ethernet [RealtekRTL8111]: TCP/IPv6 checksum offload enabled.
kernel: (RealtekRTL8111) Ethernet [RealtekRTL8111]: Version 2.2.2 using interrupt mitigate value 0x5f51.
kernel: (RealtekRTL8111) Ethernet [RealtekRTL8111]: PCI power management capabilities: 0xffc3.
kernel: (RealtekRTL8111) Ethernet [RealtekRTL8111]: PME# from D3 (cold) supported.
kernel: (RealtekRTL8111) Ethernet [RealtekRTL8111]: PCIe link capabilities: 0x00477c11, link control: 0x0142.
kernel: (RealtekRTL8111) Ethernet [RealtekRTL8111]: Disable PCIe ASPM.
kernel: (RealtekRTL8111) Ethernet [RealtekRTL8111]: RTL8168G/8111G: (Chipset 20) at 0x<private>, 00:00:00:00:00:00
kernel: (RealtekRTL8111) Ethernet [RealtekRTL8111]: Device is WoL capable.
kernel: (RealtekRTL8111) Ethernet [RealtekRTL8111]: MSI interrupt index: 1
kernel: (RealtekRTL8111) Ethernet [RealtekRTL8111]: kIOEthernetWakeOnMagicPacket added to filters.
kernel: (RealtekRTL8111) Ethernet [RealtekRTL8111]: Already in power state 1.
kernel: (RealtekRTL8111) Ethernet [RealtekRTL8111]: No medium selected. Falling back to autonegotiation.
kernel: (RealtekRTL8111) Ethernet [RealtekRTL8111]: pollIntervalTime: 1000us
kernel: (RealtekRTL8111) Ethernet [RealtekRTL8111]: Link up on en0, 100-Megabit, Full-duplex, No flow-control

not sure what i'm doing wrong here anyone have any insights on what might be going on? did i miss something obvious?
running high sierra 10.13.6, had 10.14 installed initially with the same troubles

 

[vindu]

answering my own question here after revisiting it over a year later
updating to a newer version of the realtek8111 v2.3.0d7 allowing you to set a fallback mac address solved the problem

 

[srbufi]

were you able to get everything working on the cn60? was thinking of hackintoshing it...