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Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 11:08:01 -0500
From: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU>
To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@interface-systems.de>
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On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 10:47:35AM +0100, Joerg Wunsch wrote:
> As Huynh Van Chung wrote:
> 
> > In my box (Ultra 10, 333 Modern) with 2 NICs (hme), both of 2 nics
> > get the same Mac address.
> 
> That's a feature, not a bug.

It's consistent with the way Solaris handles things.  Before the days
of VLAN switches I called it a feature, now I call it a bug.

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