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Cc: Xiao-Yong Jin <xj2106@columbia.edu>,
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Subject: Re: Gotta start somewhere ... how many of us are really out there?
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User Freebsd writes:
>  Actually, using ifconfig wouldn't work ... it would give unique, but as 
>  soon as you add another IP (ie. alias), the ID would change ... you'd need 
>  to do something like:
>  
>  ifconfig | grep ether | sha256 | md5
>  
>  since the 'ether' would never change ...

	At least some cards (+ FreeBSD drivers) allow you to set the
MAC address ....



				Robert Huff