Ed Carp wrote:
>
> Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk) writes:
>
> > > Actually, I think Red Hat should fix their network scripts to do this. That is,
> > > configure the card based on the MAC address and not the kernel number.
> >
> > MAC address does not have to be unique per card. On older Sparcs for example
> > its unique per host which rather ruins the idea.
>
> Didn't IBM make Ethernet cards with programmable MAC addresses at one time?
This question was answered in a thread not two weeks ago :)
Many Ethernet cards allow you to change the MAC address advertised to
the network; however it is generally not a good idea to do so...
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