From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from netsonic.fi ([194.29.192.20] helo=nalle.netsonic.fi ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17Frgf-0003jv-00 for ; Thu, 06 Jun 2002 03:28:01 -0400 Received: from thp.local (qmailr@wanda69.adsl.netsonic.fi [81.17.192.69]) by nalle.netsonic.fi (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id g567RC028598 for ; Thu, 6 Jun 2002 10:27:15 +0300 Received: (qmail 8818 invoked from network); 6 Jun 2002 07:27:11 -0000 Received: from nkl.local (qmailr@192.168.2.4) by gw.local with SMTP; 6 Jun 2002 07:27:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 27032 invoked by uid 1013); 6 Jun 2002 07:27:06 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 6 Jun 2002 07:27:06 -0000 Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 10:27:05 +0300 (EEST) From: Ari Moisio X-X-Sender: armoi@nkl.local To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: mac address In-Reply-To: <20020605211237.A736@romualt.dhs.org> Message-ID: X-PGP-KeyID: 0x3FAF0F05 X-PGP-Key-fingerprint: 8A 91 96 E2 98 64 D0 4D 57 5E 3E EE 72 E9 DD D2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiVirus: scanned for viruses by AMaViS 0.2.1 (http://amavis.org/) Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: armoi@sci.fi List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi! Gregory Nowak 05.06.02: >The hwadr is supposed to be the MAC address, right? Why are ifconfig >and arp reporting different hardware addresses? How do I find out my >nic's real mac address? Arp will tell you hw addresses of other computers in same network. It is used when sendin ethernet frames to other computer; in ethernet there is no ip addresses, only hardware or MAC addresses. YOu can find find than address by ifconfig or grepping 'eth' from dmesg: dmesg | grep eth HTH -- Mr. Ari Moisio, Niittykatu 5, 41160 Tikkakoski, +358-40-5055239 ari.moisio@iki.fi http://www.iki.fi/arimo PGP-keyID: 0x3FAF0F05