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Date:      Sun, 11 Apr 1999 01:10:03 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Julian C. Dunn" <jdunn@aquezada.com>
To:        Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, npe@bfc.dk
Subject:   Re: MAC address.
Message-ID:  <XFMail.990411011003.jdunn@aquezada.com>
In-Reply-To: <370FF7DB.308CC77C@confusion.net>

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On 11-Apr-99 Laurence Berland wrote:
> The MAC address is burned in, is it not??  If I have the correct impression
> of how it is, you can't change a MAC address no matter what.

Right. The MAC address identifies both the manufacturer and ID number of the
card. Every Ethernet card manufactured has a unique MAC address.

- Julian

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