-----Original Message----- From: users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan Cox Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 5:24 PM To: Community support for Fedora users Subject: Re: How to Set/Get UUID for a NIC On Wed, 9 Jan 2013 09:37:05 -0600 (CST) Michael Hennebry <hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 9 Jan 2013, Khemara Lyn wrote: > > > Ok, thank you; it's that simple! I've thought about it in a harder way. > > Actually, it's even easier. > NICs come with built-in six-byte MAC adddresses > that are supposed to be unique. They are supposed to be unique *per machine* - you can have two nics on the same machine with the same MAC although this is rare. Alan -----Original Message----- Never seen a Sun ;) ? On SUN sparc stations, _all_ the nics have the same mac-address, based on the system-ID. So you can swap Ethernet boards, while your MAC remains the same. Hans. ______________________________________________________________________ Dit bericht kan informatie bevatten die niet voor u is bestemd. Indien u niet de geadresseerde bent of dit bericht abusievelijk aan u is toegezonden, wordt u verzocht dat aan de afzender te melden en het bericht te verwijderen. De Staat aanvaardt geen aansprakelijkheid voor schade, van welke aard ook, die verband houdt met risico's verbonden aan het elektronisch verzenden van berichten. This message may contain information that is not intended for you. If you are not the addressee or if this message was sent to you by mistake, you are requested to inform the sender and delete the message. The State accepts no liability for damage of any kind resulting from the risks inherent in the electronic transmission of messages. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
