MAC Addresses

[Scott Ehrlich]

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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