SUMMARY: Mac Adress conflict

From: Dave Wreski (tel1dvw@is.ups.com)
Date: Fri Mar 21 1997 - 12:07:43 CST


Thanks guys, problem solved.

Turns out I was reading the wrong FAQ :(

Summary of section 12.1 from the sun-managers faq (not the solaris2 faq)

http://aurora.latech.edu/sunman.html

  The Ethernet version 2.0 specification (November 1982) states:

          The physical address of each station is set by network
          management to a unique value associated with the station,
          and distinct from the address of any other station on any
          Ethernet. The setting of the station's physical address
          by network management allows multiple multiple data link
          controllers connected to a single station to respond to
          the same physical address.

  This doesn't normally constitute a problem because each interface will
  typically be on a different subnet. If, for some reason, different
  ethernet addresses are required on different interfaces (for example, to
  attach two interfaces to the same subnet), a new one may be assigned
  using the ifconfig command.

Thanks,
Dave



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