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Article #3967Re: Ethernet id
From: Mike Matthews
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 00:18
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 00:18
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In article <1992Nov18.142120.25191@cyantic.com> mark@cyantic.com (Mark T. Dornfeld) writes: >Anyway, here's another possibility. In NetManager, there is a field for >storing the ethernet address. Once it has been entered there, it will show >up in the NetInfo tables. Of course, this all depends on getting the >address in the first place, but having it in NetInfo isn't a bad idea for >general network management. It's also a necessity if you wish to do netbooting (and I'm pretty sure for automatic IP address configuration too, but my memory on that is a little muddy). To get to it, all it takes is an niutil -read <domain> /machines/<machine> and you're all set. >Mark T. Dornfeld ------ Mike Matthews, matthews@oberon.umd.edu (NeXTmail accepted) ------ Have you noticed that all you need to grow healthy, vigorous grass is a crack in your sidewalk?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!umd5!oberon.umd.edu!matthews From: matthews@oberon.umd.edu (Mike Matthews) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: Ethernet id Message-ID: <17108@umd5.umd.edu> Date: 21 Nov 92 00:18:27 GMT References: <1ebef5INNosc@gap.caltech.edu> <1ebpp5INNr5d@menudo.uh.edu> <1992Nov18.142120.25191@cyantic.com> Sender: news@umd5.umd.edu Organization: /etc/organization Lines: 24