On August 22, Gene Buckle wrote:
> I've got an SS1 with a dead NVRAM chip. From the FAQs I've read, it's
> trivial to set the MAC address after the chip dies and it's set to
> FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF. Providing I use the Sun "standard" of 08:00:20 as the
> first three bytes of the MAC address, is there any real issue with me
> choosing a random value for the last three bytes? Alternately, if I call
Real issues? No. I do it all the time.
> Sun and give them the serial number of the machine, can they provide me
> with it's original MAC address?
Probably not...but I wouldn't bother in any case.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Laurel, MD
Received on Wed Aug 22 2001 - 17:24:44 BST