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- From: fwp@CC.MsState.Edu (Frank Peters)
- Subject: Re: Sun Ethernet cards
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.210520.18387@ra.msstate.edu>
- Keywords: Ethernet addressn
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 21:05:20 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov23.171654.24363@hou.amoco.com> zcjm0f@wwnv45.uucp (CJohn Mace) says:
- :
- : >In fact, the Ethernet cards do not have an address; the Ethernet address
- : >is in the non-writable portion of the NVRAM.
- :
- : Each card does have its own address. You can change a flag in the kernal
- : .h files to allow the cards to use their own addresses instead of the nvram
- : address. If you want further information on it, please email me at
- : zcjm0f@hou.amoco.com. I do not think this is a really viable solution,
- : as SVR4 will not have a compilable kernel and you will be forced to use
- : the current addressing state.
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- As root you can also set an ethernet address with the ifconfig command.
- See the man page for details (look in the section on address families).
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- Frank Peters - UNIX Systems Programmer - Mississippi State University
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