On 15 August 2007, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
<snip>
> Everyone believed that except DECnet which expected all cards in the
> same machine to have the same MAC. The address should be stored in a
> ROM and initialized at startup, so it is probably a firmware or driver
> bug.
Les: On multiport cards, do the NICs all have different MAC addresses
and do they all use the same driver? The OP has a board where the 2 NICs
use different drivers. Seems like DECnet did not have a better idea
there.
<snip>
> Yes, different block ranges are supposed to be assigned to different
> companies. But, it shouldn't hurt anything unless both are connected
> to the same subnet which you aren't likely to want.
>
That *would* be a problem, with routing to the proper box. Lanny
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