From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 20 07:00:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA00320 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 20 Feb 1998 07:00:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.netcetera.dk (root@sleipner.netcetera.dk [194.192.207.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA00217 for ; Fri, 20 Feb 1998 06:59:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from leifn@image.dk) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by mail.netcetera.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with UUCP id PAA22822 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 20 Feb 1998 15:55:12 +0100 Received: by swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk (0.99.970109) id AA03809; 20 Feb 98 12:02:16 +0100 From: leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland) Date: 20 Feb 98 08:43:05 +0100 Subject: Re: hostid equals Ethernet address or IP address ? Message-ID: <21b_9802201202@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk> References: Organization: Fidonet: Swimsuit Safari. Go for it. To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 20 Feb 98 00:38:01 Doug White wrote regarding Re: hostid equals Ethernet address or IP address ? DW> There are cases where two NICs on the same net had the same MAC. DW> Allowing reprogramming saves the company from having to swap DW> NICs. Unless somebody reprogrammed the NIC, there shouldn't exist duplicate MAC's anywhere in the world. Aren't the manufactures supposed to give any unit its own unique mac? Leif Neland leifn@image.dk --- |Fidonet: Leif Neland 2:234/49 |Internet: leifn@image.dk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message