Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 13:37:38 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: "Vladislav V. Anikiev" <vladani@mail.spbnit.ru>, Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MAC address Message-ID: <20020209133738.A31278@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <3C649564.F51D18BE@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 07:20:04PM -0800 References: <200202090052.DAA62563@neo.spbnit.ru> <3C649564.F51D18BE@mindspring.com>
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On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 07:20:04PM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote: > "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 ? > > Network Interface Card. > > Some NICs allow you to change the default MAC address by > reflashing the BIOS in them. There are tools to do this > in software. Or just reprogram it for runtime use only. DECnet comes to mind. No flashing needed there. -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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