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- From: huober_r@hal.rz.uni-ulm.de (Reiner Huober)
- Subject: Re: Hardware Ethernet adress ?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.140856.12363@wega.rz.uni-ulm.de>
- Keywords: ethernet
- Sender: huober_r@hal (Reiner Huober)
- Organization: Universitaet Ulm
- References: <1992Aug31.140211.3659@news.uni-stuttgart.de>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 14:08:56 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug31.140211.3659@news.uni-stuttgart.de>,
- Florian Wohlgemuth writes:
-
- > How do I get the hardware ethernet adress on a Personal Iris 4D/25 (IP6) ?
- > nvram works only on IP12 (Indigo) Systems ...
-
- netstat -ia does not work in IRIX3.x, neither nvram, but this works on
- nearly all our machines:
-
- Log in to another machine and type:
- $ ping <sgi's hostname>
- <sgi's hostname> is alive
- $ arp -a
-
- The address resolution table now shows the correct hardware ethernet address.
-
- Reiner Huober
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