From: Robin Farine <acnrf@dial.eunet.ch>
To: ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [ECOS] network support
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 10:28:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86hf1x2ko1.fsf@halftrack.hq.acn-group.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20010214104021.gthomas@cambridge.redhat.com>
Hi Lewin,
> On 14-Feb-2001 Lewin A.R.W. Edwards wrote:
> >
> >
> >> > I thought the MAC address was factory-programmed into the EEPROM that's
> >> attached to
> >> > the CS8900A Ethernet chip. Why does redboot require me to specify one
> >> manually? (I
> >>
> >>The EEPROM isn't really supported (contributions welcome, of course)
> >>because none
> >>of the boards provided to us by Cirrus Logic has working EEPROMs on
> >>them. In fact,
> >
> > Tres bizarre!
> >
> > Am I correct in assuming then that I can choose any value I like, as long
> > as it's unique?
>
> Yes. In fact, it really only needs to be unique within your LAN, since
> hardware addresses do not cross through gateways.
But be sure to set the two least significant bits as zeros! For instance, a MAC
address such as 05:10:20:30:40:50 would cause some problems because of the 05
that means a group address.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-02-14 10:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-01-19 8:41 Fano Ramparany
2001-01-19 9:36 ` Gary Thomas
2001-01-22 6:48 ` Fano Ramparany
2001-01-22 7:13 ` Gary Thomas
2001-01-30 2:52 ` Fano Ramparany
2001-01-30 4:34 ` Gary Thomas
2001-01-30 6:03 ` Fano Ramparany
2001-01-30 6:08 ` Gary Thomas
2001-01-30 6:25 ` Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
2001-01-30 6:31 ` Gary Thomas
2001-01-30 6:43 ` Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
2001-02-13 5:55 ` Fano Ramparany
2001-02-13 6:20 ` Gary Thomas
2001-02-14 2:44 ` Fano Ramparany
2001-02-14 5:08 ` Gary Thomas
2001-02-14 7:59 ` Fano Ramparany
2001-02-14 8:24 ` Gary Thomas
2001-02-14 9:12 ` Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
2001-02-14 9:25 ` Gary Thomas
2001-02-14 9:32 ` Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
2001-02-14 9:40 ` Gary Thomas
2001-02-14 10:28 ` Robin Farine [this message]
2001-02-15 6:42 ` Fano Ramparany
2001-01-22 7:15 ` Fano Ramparany
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-01-30 6:20 James Dabbs
1999-02-10 21:23 [ECOS] Network Support Zubin Burjor Sethna
[not found] ` < 6006B52C37ABD211AB0900805FFE9D79169230@saturn.sg.adisys.com.au >
1999-02-12 19:57 ` David J. Fiddes
1999-02-10 18:37 Wendell Thompson
1999-02-11 9:45 ` Rick Leir
[not found] ` < 36C2F1F1.63DE@hymarc.com >
1999-02-14 7:02 ` David J. Fiddes
1999-02-09 11:01 Gordon McFadden
[not found] ` < Pine.LNX.4.04.9902090702270.648-100000@mailhost.westsoft-systems.com >
1999-02-10 13:22 ` David J. Fiddes
1999-02-10 21:19 ` Brendan Simon
1999-02-06 13:48 weatp
[not found] ` < 9902069183.AA918326790@mail.syntron.com >
1999-02-08 8:26 ` Bart Veer
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