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  6. \pard\tx960\tx1920\tx2880\tx3840\tx4800\tx5760\tx6720\tx7680\tx8640\tx9600\f0\b0\i0\ul0\fs28 os ethernet address hostid gethostid\
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  8. Q:  How do I convert a hostid into an Ethernet address?\
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  10. A:  Here is the code to decode a hostid:\
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  12. \f1\fs24 \
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  14. \f2 main()\
  15. \{\
  16.     long    hostid;\
  17.     long    en_address;\
  18.     \
  19.     hostid = gethostid();\
  20.     en_address = (hostid & 0xffffff) + 0x00000f000000;\
  21.     \
  22.     printf("hostid = 0x%x; en_address = 0x%x.\\n", hostid, en_address);\
  23. \}\
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  27. QA261\
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  29. Valid for 1.0 \
  30. Valid for 2.0\
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