Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 20:12:15 -0500 From: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> To: "Vladislav V. Anikiev" <vladani@mail.spbnit.ru>, "Brian Reichert" <reichert@numachi.com> Cc: <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: MAC address Message-ID: <p0510141db88a27751a91@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <200202090052.DAA62563@neo.spbnit.ru> References: <200202090052.DAA62563@neo.spbnit.ru>
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At 4:10 AM +0300 2/9/02, Vladislav V. Anikiev wrote:
> 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 ?
This is a case of TOL (TLA OverLoad)...
(TLA = Three-Letter Acronyms)
NIC can also mean Network Interface Card, and each card will (hopefully)
have it's own unique MAC address.
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Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.acs.rpi.edu
Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu
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