Date: 20 Feb 98 08:43:05 +0100 From: leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hostid equals Ethernet address or IP address ? Message-ID: <21b_9802201202@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980219153649.658R-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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At 20 Feb 98 00:38:01 Doug White wrote regarding Re: hostid equals Ethernet address or IP address ? DW> There are cases where two NICs on the same net had the same MAC. DW> Allowing reprogramming saves the company from having to swap DW> NICs. Unless somebody reprogrammed the NIC, there shouldn't exist duplicate MAC's anywhere in the world. Aren't the manufactures supposed to give any unit its own unique mac? Leif Neland leifn@image.dk --- |Fidonet: Leif Neland 2:234/49 |Internet: leifn@image.dk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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