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- From: mark@coombs.anu.edu.au (Mark)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet
- Subject: Re: new hardwareaddress
- Date: 5 Jan 93 16:36:34 GMT
- Organization: Australian National University
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- hoens@gmd.de (Guenter Hoens) writes:
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- >but it is difficult to find out, where this machine is and how it is named
- >by its user.
-
- It sounds like you need a Time Delay Reflector (TDR) that will send a signal
- down the ethernet and report back any devices it sees. You can pin point to
- a very short distance where a join is in your net. It's a hardware device and
- you should be able to obtain one from HP or other companies.
-
- It already sounds like you have a program like 'getethers' to report the
- addresses and IP numbers (if any) of any cards on the segment and you also
- have the RFC listing the manufacturers address so you can determine vaguely
- what type of card is attached. I have just mentioned them for the benefit of
- others.
-
- Hope this helps..
-
- Mark
- mark@coombs.anu.edu.au
-