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- From: pla_kbh@sld60pki-nbg.philips.de (Kurt Behnke (TEAM SOS))
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
- Subject: Sun Ethernet cards
- Keywords: Ethernet address
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.154819@sld60pki-nbg.philips.de>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 14:48:18 GMT
- References: <1992Nov20.132857.646@alijku05.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at>
- Sender: news@pki-nbg.philips.de
- Reply-To: user@pki-nbg.philips.de
- Organization: Philips Communication Systems, Nuernberg, Germany
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- Hi there,
-
- On two of our Sun (Sparc 2) WS we have installed an additional Ethernet
- controller (le1; the onboard controller is le0). The purpose is to try
- some OSI protocols on a small network, and not to interfere with the usual
- IP traffic on the standard LAN.
- When booting, the Sun OS takes the Ethernet address from le0, and assigns it
- to le1, so that both have the same address. This even applies if le0 is
- not connected. Since we want to use the second
- net for some different kind of traffic the following questions arise:
-
- i) Is this assignment valid for ARP/IP only, or can I also use it for protocols
- like LLC1/2?
-
- ii) Is there any way to read the original Ethernet address, encoded in le1,
- by a program, using ioctl()s etc., or can it be retrieved by some
- administrative tool?
-
- iii) If i) and ii) have a negative answer, what can I do if I don't know
- the 'native' address of le1?
-
- Sorry for my ignorance. Any f l a m in g replies send directly to
- my e-mail address please.
-
- Greetings,
- KB
-