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Date:      Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:12:27 -0600
From:      David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
To:        redjupiter <redjupiter@ntlworld.com>
Cc:        "Scott M. Nolde" <scott@smnolde.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: fxp0 device - Intel NIC
Message-ID:  <20021220161227.GA86161@grumpy.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <3E033DA6.4030601@ntlworld.com>
References:  <1040379037.403.6.camel@byblos.pheonicia> <3E033AE0.4010409@ntlworld.com> <20021220155259.GD67177@smnolde.com> <3E033DA6.4030601@ntlworld.com>

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On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 03:56:23PM +0000, redjupiter wrote:
> Scott M. Nolde wrote:
> >
> >Changing the MAC was the easiest and fastest for me.  Re-registering a nic
> >with my ISP brings chills down my back.  It's always faster for you to
> >correct a mispelled MAC address in the file rather than talking to a
> >support drone who wants you to boot into windows.
> >
> > 
> >
> But wouldn't I have conflicts with the realtek NIC? since both must be 
> on the same machine which is my gateway.

If you can change one NIC's MAC then why not change two? Its just
another /etc/start_if.<nic_device> file.

-- 
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net
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