Greg Lehey wrote:
>
> On Friday, 14 May 1999 at 15:43:15 -0400, Mark J. Taylor wrote:
> >
> > One of the purposes of changing the MAC address is for server
> > redundancy.
>
> Yes, and in fact Tandem^H^H^H^H^H^HCompaq use this for their NonStop
> Ethernet. The machine has two ethernet boards. If one goes down, the
> other assumes its identity.
>
> It seems there's a need, and the possibility. Would somebody like to
> suggest a syntax?
Be sure to account for canonical vs. non-canonical representations
for Token Ring while you're at it.
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