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RE: Question about MBX860 Redboot Ethernet connection
- To: Nohee Ko <nhko at gctsemi dot com>
- Subject: RE: [ECOS] Question about MBX860 Redboot Ethernet connection
- From: Gary Thomas <gthomas at cambridge dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 08:05:24 -0600 (MDT)
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Organization: Red Hat, Inc.
On 21-May-2001 Nohee Ko wrote:
> hi.
> I got a simple question.
> I wonder if MBX860 Module needs its own unique MAC Address or not?
> ( when MBX860 uses ethernet)
> If needed, tell me how to set MAC address.
All ethernet devices in the world need a unique address, at least
within the local network.
If you have Flash memory in your system, you can use RedBoot to
maintain this value.
Note: where the value comes from is another matter. Technically, these
values are to be assigned by a global governance (i.e. purchased). In
practical terms though, most any value can work as long as it is unique
within the local domain.