> > > Is ea= supposed to be set to the actual ip address (the man page says > > > physical > > > network adress)? If so that's probably my problem. > > > > ea is supposed to be an ethernet address. ethernet > > addresses have the format > > ea=112233445566 > > where 1-6 are *lowercase* hex digits. the first > > byte & 0x80 should be 0. > > > > - erik > > > Sorry for my ignorance, but how would I find out the ethernet address(es)?
the hardware is supposed to know it. if it doesn't the hardware is having trouble talking to its eeprom/flash. in this case, you can get by by making one up. though officially, they're allocated in blocks, c.f. etheroui(1), wwnoui(1) — contrib quanstro/oui. the database is in /lib/oui. - erik
