Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: ethtool documentation | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 07 Aug 2002 12:47:43 +0100 |
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On Wed, 2002-08-07 at 02:57, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > DECnet used dynamically assigned MAC addresses from the beginning and > > Digital (now Compaq (now HP)) were one of the creators of the original > > DIX ethernet standard > > > > Thats why several boards allow you to have a pair of receiving MAC > > addresses. > > > > That's not the MAC address. That's the multicast hash. They are > different. The MAC address says who you are. The multicast hash
No thats a unicast address not a multicast hash entry. Go read the Decnet protocol specifications
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