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List:       firewalls-gc
Subject:    Re: Question on MAC Address
From:       Rick Warner <rwarner () ResonateInc ! com>
Date:       1997-01-31 9:25:20
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Sun machines by default use a single address from the system prom
as the MAC address for all interfaces.  A far as they are concerned, that 
is the 'real' MAC address (singular).  If you want unique MAC addresses 
for each interface, you can do this.  Read the ifconfig man page, 
specifically regarding the 'ether' keyword.  There is a little (very 
little) in that man page describing how you can force specific ether 
addresses for each interface. 

 - rick warner -
   Sr. System Administrator
   rwarner@ResonateInc.com

On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Jet B. Bagadion wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm using Firewall-1 v2.0 and I'm using a SBus Quad ethernet
> controller.  I noticed that when I use the command ifconfig -a ,  le0
> and the ethernet ports of the Quad controller have the same ethernet MAC
> addresses. Should it be really like that? How will I know the right MAC
> address of the ethernet ports?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> Jet B. Bagadion
> 

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