Handheld networking

From: Wes Kurdziolek <wkurdzio_at_cslab.vt.edu>
Date: 29 Jul 2002 22:09:29 -0400

As some of you know, I'm working on gpe-setup. It's gotten *very*
complicated in order to support hot-pluggable devices. Anyway, I've got
a question which is a bit OT but y'all might be able to answer. Do a lot
of the hot-pluggable Ethernet adapters have non-static MAC addresses?
That is, do they generate their own MAC addresses every time they power
on (like the cheap-o RealTek PCI NICs)? I know the hot-pluggable
wireless Ethernet adapters don't or at least shouldn't due to wireless
standards, but I haven't used many wired Ethernet adapters. Thanks!
Received on Tue Jul 30 2002 - 02:09:28 EDT

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