On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 10:45:01PM +0300, Vladislav V. Anikiev wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I'm writing some license management software. It needs to be node-locked. > I would like to use an ethernet MAC address. There are two addresses > (default hardware address and current physical address). I would prefer to > use the default hardware address, because it can't be changed by setting in > software.
Depending on the NIC, the MAC address _can_ be changed. Unless I've completely misunderstood you... And, what if you have two NICs? > How can I take this default hardware address (I'm using FreeBSD 4.4 > curently)? The output from 'dmesg' seems to record the device's MAC address before it mght get changed via ifconfig. But, that's not preserved forever... > I've found out the way how it works in "ifconfig", but in this case I've > got the current physical address, I think (right?), which can be changed. > > Help me, please > > Vladislav -- Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1713 USA Intel architecture: the left-hand path To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
