From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 13 14:57:59 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0836A37B401 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 14:57:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp-3.paradise.net.nz (smtp-3a.paradise.net.nz [202.0.32.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 695B743E4A for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 14:57:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from james.pole@paradise.net.nz) Received: from 203-79-103-13.tnt14.paradise.net.nz (203-79-103-13.tnt14.paradise.net.nz [203.79.103.13]) by smtp-3.paradise.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5BFDAE3D4; Tue, 14 Jan 2003 11:57:54 +1300 (NZDT) Subject: Re: Can't find ethernet (MAC) address From: James Pole To: "James C. Li" Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20030113180431.10057.qmail@web11606.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030113180431.10057.qmail@web11606.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1042498666.64984.8.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 14 Jan 2003 11:57:46 +1300 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 07:04, James C. Li wrote: > Hi, > > My NIC (Linksys LNE100 TX) has worked fine within a Cable modem LAN (with a > Linksys router), but since I've moved in to my college dorm, I can't find the > MAC address. With ifconfig, I get something like (I can't reproduce it; typing > this from a public computer): You should be able to get it from the dmesg:- > dmesg | grep xl xl0: <3Com 3c905B-TX Fast Etherlink XL> port 0xec00-0xec7f mem 0xdfffff80-0xdfffffff irq 10 at device 13.0 on pci0 xl0: Ethernet address: 00:10:xx:xx:xx:xx > The xxs were added for security. - James -- James Pole ICQ: 21721828 AIM: kiwijames1986 MSN: james.pole@paradise.net.nz SMS: +64-210-455-139 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message