MAC Addresses

[lgk011 at dma.isg.mot.com (Gordon Keegan)]

Sorry, I was more replying to the specific machine that the initial
question came from which is a Sun.  It's a Solaris thing...

Gordon

> What UNIX variant are you using?  I just tried it on my home Slakcware 7
> system and it returned an error saying plumb was an unknown
> interface.  Or, are you using plumb as a variable for something else?
> 
> Scott
> 
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Gordon Keegan wrote:
> 
> > 
> > The trick is a little-known addition to the ifconfig command:
> > 
> > 	ifconfig -a plumb
> > 
> > This tells ifconfig to walk through any and all network interfaces.
> > 
> > Gordon
> > 
> > > I did try that - it only returns the MAC address for already configured
> > > interfaces.
> > > 
> > > Here is the cure all for my problem:
> > > 
> > > When adding a NIC on a Solris 7 box (may work on others but i'm not sure) in
> > > order to not use the Solaris default MAC address:
> > > 
> > > from the prom prompt:
> > > 
> > > setenv local-mac-address?=true
> > > 
> > > If true, network drivers use there own MAC address, not the systems's
> > > default.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Thanks for the help guys
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Anthony J. Gabrielson [mailto:agabriel at coe.neu.edu]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 11:02 AM
> > > To: James Dow
> > > Cc: discuss at Blu.Org
> > > Subject: Re: MAC Addresses
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hello,
> > > 	Did you try an ifconfig -a as root?
> > > 
> > > Hope thats a help,
> > > Anthony
> > > 
> > > On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, James Dow wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hiya people.
> > > >
> > > > I have a quick question that I know (hope)someone here can answer.
> > > >
> > > > I have a Sun E450 running Solaris 7 with 4 NIC Cards: 3 fast ethernet and
> > > 1
> > > > fibre gigabyte.
> > > >
> > > > Without opening the box, how can I poll the machine for the MAC Addresses?
> > > > I'm not overly concerned with
> > > > the fibre card as it is not currently used, but I need to configure the
> > > > other 3 after I complete setting up the box.
> > > >
> > > > Any help will be greatly appreciated
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Jim
> > > >
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