Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 6 Aug 2002 12:44:16 -0700 (PDT) | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: ethtool documentation |
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On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, Chris Friesen wrote:
| "Richard B. Johnson" wrote: | | > Because of this, there is no such thing as 'unused eeprom space' in | > the Ethernet Controllers. Be careful about putting this weapon in | > the hands of the 'public'. All you need is for one Linux Machine | > on a LAN to end up with the same IEEE Station Address as another | > on that LAN and connectivity to everything on that segment will | > stop. You do this once at an important site and Linux will get a | > very black eye. | | Can't we already tell cards (some of them anyway) what MAC address to use when | sending packets? This doesn't overwrite the EEPROM, but it does last for that | session...
Sure, and that doesn't violate any IEEE Ethernet standards. Locally Administered Addresses are allowed. Just make sure that they don't conflict with other addresses.
-- ~Randy
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