From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Feb 8 16:53:17 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from neo.spbnit.ru (mail.spbnit.ru [212.48.192.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03B6A37B41D for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2002 16:53:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from default (ppp-135.pool-121.spbnit.ru [212.48.199.135]) by neo.spbnit.ru (8.9.3+mPOP/8.9.3) with ESMTP id DAA62563; Sat, 9 Feb 2002 03:52:05 +0300 (MSK) Message-Id: <200202090052.DAA62563@neo.spbnit.ru> From: "Vladislav V. Anikiev" To: "Brian Reichert" Cc: Subject: Re: MAC address Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 04:10:19 +0300 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1157 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello Brian, The MAC address - I meen The Media Access Control address (i.e., ethernet hardware address, not IP address). I want to use the default hardware (not current physical ) address in my license management software. Why did you write: "Depending on the NIC". The NIC means Network Information Center. Doesn't it ? Vladislav ---------- > От: Brian Reichert > Кому: Vladislav V. Anikiev > Копия: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG > Тема: Re: MAC address > Дата: 8 февраля 2002 г. 5:45 > > On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 10:45:01PM +0300, Vladislav V. Anikiev wrote: > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I'm writing some license management software. It needs to be node-locked. > > I would like to use an ethernet MAC address. There are two addresses > > (default hardware address and current physical address). I would prefer to > > use the default hardware address, because it can't be changed by setting in > > software. > > Depending on the NIC, the MAC address _can_ be changed. Unless > I've completely misunderstood you... > > And, what if you have two NICs? > > > How can I take this default hardware address (I'm using FreeBSD 4.4 > > curently)? > > The output from 'dmesg' seems to record the device's MAC address > before it mght get changed via ifconfig. But, that's not preserved > forever... > > > I've found out the way how it works in "ifconfig", but in this case I've > > got the current physical address, I think (right?), which can be changed. > > > > Help me, please > > > > Vladislav > > -- > Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert > 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 > Derry NH 03038-1713 USA Intel architecture: the left-hand path > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message