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Date:      Sat, 10 Apr 1999 01:59:44 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Julian C. Dunn" <jdunn@aquezada.com>
To:        Larry Berland <stuyman@confusion.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: MAC address
Message-ID:  <XFMail.990410015944.jdunn@aquezada.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.990409225743.18931A-100000@euphoria.confusion.net>

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On 10-Apr-99 Larry Berland wrote:
> What's the best way to get the hardware address on a FreeBSD box?

Presuming you mean the Ethernet MAC address, just do "ifconfig" on your
Ethernet device. Or do "dmesg" and search for the address during card detection.

- Julian

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