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From: emcguire@cadfx.ccad.uiowa.edu (Ed McGuire)
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Subject: Re: How do I find out my Ethernet address?
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Date: 3 May 90 23:45:44 GMT
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From article <5197@helios.TAMU.EDU>, by randy@csseq.tamu.edu (Randy Hutson):
> 	grep `hostname` /etc/ethers
> should give the Ethernet address.

This is only somewhat reliable as /etc/ethers is maintained by the
sysadmin, and is only used for reverse ARP as far as I know.  It's
liable to be empty if you're not supporting diskless nodes.  I suspect
the same would be true if the file was YP served.
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peace.  -- Ed
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