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From: cs86eew@cc.brunel.ac.uk (Eoin Woods)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re : Finding an ethernet address on a Sun/3
Keywords: ethernet address ethers
Message-ID: <1482@Terra.cc.brunel.ac.uk>
Date: 4 May 90 20:48:24 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
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In response to the query "How do I find my ethernet address without re-booting",
look in your /etc/ethers (or /etc/ethers.byaddr in a yp case) files. These list
all of the ethernet addresses on your network. If it isn't there, it will be on
your file server, so rcp it across (rcp host:/etc/ethers .) to have a look at 
it.

Hope this helps.

Eoin.

PS On Suns, there is a set of C functions that can be found in section 3C, 
   called 'ethers' which allow programs to get ethernet addresses.


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