Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 22:42:11 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: "Mark J. Taylor" <mtaylor@cybernet.com>, Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ifconfig: changing mac address Message-ID: <373CFB23.FD374A45@softweyr.com> References: <199905141918.PAA01313@pcnet1.pcnet.com> <XFMail.990514154315.mtaylor@cybernet.com> <19990515111348.K89091@freebie.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey wrote:
>
> On Friday, 14 May 1999 at 15:43:15 -0400, Mark J. Taylor wrote:
> >
> > One of the purposes of changing the MAC address is for server
> > redundancy.
>
> Yes, and in fact Tandem^H^H^H^H^H^HCompaq use this for their NonStop
> Ethernet. The machine has two ethernet boards. If one goes down, the
> other assumes its identity.
>
> It seems there's a need, and the possibility. Would somebody like to
> suggest a syntax?
Be sure to account for canonical vs. non-canonical representations
for Token Ring while you're at it.
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