Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 04:10:19 +0300 From: "Vladislav V. Anikiev" <vladani@mail.spbnit.ru> To: "Brian Reichert" <reichert@numachi.com> Cc: <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: MAC address Message-ID: <200202090052.DAA62563@neo.spbnit.ru>
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Hello Brian, The MAC address - I meen The Media Access Control address (i.e., ethernet hardware address, not IP address). I want to use the default hardware (not current physical ) address in my license management software. Why did you write: "Depending on the NIC". The NIC means Network Information Center. Doesn't it ? Vladislav ---------- > От: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> > Кому: Vladislav V. Anikiev <vladani@mail.spbnit.ru> > Копия: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG > Тема: Re: MAC address > Дата: 8 февраля 2002 г. 5:45 > > On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 10:45:01PM +0300, Vladislav V. Anikiev wrote: > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I'm writing some license management software. It needs to be node-locked. > > I would like to use an ethernet MAC address. There are two addresses > > (default hardware address and current physical address). I would prefer to > > use the default hardware address, because it can't be changed by setting in > > software. > > Depending on the NIC, the MAC address _can_ be changed. Unless > I've completely misunderstood you... > > And, what if you have two NICs? > > > How can I take this default hardware address (I'm using FreeBSD 4.4 > > curently)? > > The output from 'dmesg' seems to record the device's MAC address > before it mght get changed via ifconfig. But, that's not preserved > forever... > > > I've found out the way how it works in "ifconfig", but in this case I've > > got the current physical address, I think (right?), which can be changed. > > > > Help me, please > > > > Vladislav > > -- > Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> > 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 > Derry NH 03038-1713 USA Intel architecture: the left-hand path > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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