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From: bob@omni.com (Bob Weissman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: How do I find out my Ethernet address?
Summary: Does only SunOS have ether_hostton()?
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Date: 4 May 90 17:51:38 GMT
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Hmm, SunOS 4.0.3 provides the helpful functions

     ether_hostton(hostname, e)
	   char *hostname;
	   struct ether_addr *e;

     ether_ntohost(hostname, e)
          char *hostname;
          struct ether_addr *e;

where netinet/if_ether.h defines

	struct ether_addr {
		u_char  ether_addr_octet[6];
	};

This is described on the ethers(3N) man page.

Is SunOS the only flavor of Unix which has this?

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Bob Weissman
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