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From: jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens)
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Subject: Re: How do I find out my Ethernet address?
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Date: 3 May 90 23:37:09 GMT
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In article <2561@syma.sussex.ac.uk>, andy@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Andy Clews)
writes:
|> You could try           grep `hostname` /etc/hosts
|> 
|> (assuming you have such a file, or similar)

  The original poster asked about his *Ethernet* address, not his
*Internet* address.  That means that either he's confused and meant to
ask about his Internet address, or you're confused and answered the
wrong question.

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