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From: jbreeden@netcom.UUCP (John Breeden)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: 10BaseT Patch Cables.
Message-ID: <17768@netcom.UUCP>
Date: 30 Nov 90 15:49:13 GMT
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In article <1990Nov30.042333.10276@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> dave@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Dave Schwarz) writes:
>I just discovered a very interesting problem.
>Sitting in front of me I have 2 WD8003e network cards
>each one has the same address 0000c0ed271c. 
>Has anybody else come across this problem, ie more than one card
>with the same network address. These cards have not caused any major
>problems yet, excepting stuffing up the bootp tables on our Pyramid.
>Such that one would boot and the other one wouldn't. It took me a while 
>to find out what the problem was, as identical network addresses were not
>some thing I was looking for.
>

A few possibilities:

1. You're seeing double.

2. World's first stereo cards.

3. You've got a REAL spare (-:

4. Manufacturer Boo boo.

The real answer is #4. Someone goofed at WD (or someone was angry). Don't use
identical address cards. All kinds of possible problems. Let WD know about it. 
They'll find it Veerrryyy interesting.
-- 
 John Robert Breeden, 
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