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On Sat, 9 Feb 2002 "."@babolo.ru wrote:

> Vladislav V. Anikiev writes:
> >   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.
> MAC address is stored in flash.
> It is easy to reprogram any MAC in many NICs

I have once pressed reset while running vendor's  'test NIC EEPROM'
program and have found after reboot that my card has
A5:A5:A5:A5:A5:A5 MAC now :-)

But if you know an EEPROM layout and how to read/write it you can
use your network card as real electonic key like HASP :-)





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