Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 19:26:49 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> Cc: "Vladislav V. Anikiev" <vladani@mail.spbnit.ru>, Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MAC address Message-ID: <3C6496F9.199A6309@mindspring.com> References: <200202090052.DAA62563@neo.spbnit.ru> <p0510141db88a27751a91@[128.113.24.47]>
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Garance A Drosihn wrote: > NIC can also mean Network Interface Card, and each card will (hopefully) > have it's own unique MAC address. It's Simple: NIC = MAC + PHI + BI A NIC (Network Interface Card) is a MAC (Media Access Controller) plus a PHI (Physical Hardware Interface) plus a BI (Bus Interface). Oh, "PHI" is pronounced "fie", and "BI" is pronounced "bye". 8-). -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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