You could hardcode the MAC using static arp entries. Also, you could just broadcast on the logger interface (which doesn't require an ARP lookup, it just uses the broadcast MAC).
My concerns with this approach (although I like the sound of it) is that it might fsck up your media detection (eg: is the cable plugged in?) which I think some cards do. I'm also pretty sure this doesn't work with 100Mb. Alternatives: (the traditional line printer was already mentioned), any sort of write-only media will do the trick (eg: CD-RW). You might have to flush batches of log entries to the CD for it to work. I'm not sure what min packet size on UDF FS is. There are probably other cool tricks you could employ. Adam On Tue, 2003-04-29 at 06:30, Ed McMan wrote: > Tuesday, April 29, 2003, 8:54:51 AM, Sam Couter (Sam) wrote: > > Sam> Stefan Neufeind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> what is the best way to remotely syslog? In > > Sam> Use a dedicated machine. Cut the 'transmit' pair in the CAT5 cable. > Sam> syslog is UDP, which is only one-way, so it doesn't need to transmit. > > Wouldn't the machine still need to transmit some things, namely arp? > > ------------------------------------------------------ > | Eddie J Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]|m00.net]> | > | AIM: Uncaring Eyes ICQ: 35576339 YHOO: edmcman2 | > | "We Trills have an expression -- at forty, you | > | think you know everything. At four hundred you | > | realize you know nothing." - Dax, Startrek DS9 | > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
