It is true that you can set the OBP variable "local-mac-address?" to "true", but Linux doesn't take that into account, so there is no way AFAIK to have one MAC address per card, which prevents you from having the 2 cards on the same network.
Bertrand. --- Andreas Moestedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > address is "attached" to the machine, not to a > single network device. > > Therefore every network card of a machine has the > same MAC. This is no > > problem as long as the NIC are in different > networks. The MAC address is > > set in the NVRAM, at least at my IPX. > > On many Sun machines (all?) you can set the OBP > variable "local-mac-address?" > to "true". Then each network device can have it's > own address. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus - For a better Internet experience http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/yplus/yoffer.html -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
