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Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 13:37:38 +0100
From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc: "Vladislav V. Anikiev" <vladani@mail.spbnit.ru>,
	Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: MAC address
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On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 07:20:04PM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote:
> "Vladislav V. Anikiev" wrote:
> > 
> >  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 ?
> 
> Network Interface Card.
> 
> Some NICs allow you to change the default MAC address by
> reflashing the BIOS in them.  There are tools to do this
> in software.

Or just reprogram it for runtime use only. DECnet comes to mind.
No flashing needed there.

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