[K12OSN] Finding MAC address for NIC

Doug Simpson simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
Wed Apr 26 15:17:17 UTC 2006


could do that. . .hard to see without turning the server upside down. (not 
a good thing to do with it running. . .)

May try to just look at night when no one is online and I cna shut it 
down. . .

Doug Simpson
Technology Specialist
DeQueen Public Schools
DeQueen, AR 71832
simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
Tux for President!

On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, john  wrote:

> How about opening the box and reading the mac off of the card?
> 
> John
> 
> On 4/26/06, Doug Simpson <simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us> wrote:
> > Not if eth1 is not configured. . .
> >
> > Doug Simpson
> > Technology Specialist
> > DeQueen Public Schools
> > DeQueen, AR 71832
> > simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
> > Tux for President!
> >
> > On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, Petre Scheie wrote:
> >
> > > Doesn't ifconfig show you the MAC address for eth1 (along with those of eth0 and eth2)?
> > >
> > > Petre
> > >
> > > Doug Simpson wrote:
> > > > I have a server that has 3 NICs in it.
> > > >
> > > > Eth0 and Eth2 are configured.
> > > >
> > > > Eth0 is private and Eth2 is public in this K12LTSP server.
> > > >
> > > > What I want to do is enable eth1, give it a public number and use it to
> > > > monitor traffic in and out of our LAN by connecting it to a *hub* that is
> > > > between our router and our first public switch.
> > > >
> > > > I think all I need is to know how to determine the MAC address on the NIC
> > > > so I can configure it.
> > > >
> > > > I can shutdown the server, remove the NIC and let kudzu remove it, then
> > > > restart it and let kudzu re-configure it, and that may work, but I can't
> > > > take it down to do that since it is our main server.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas?
> > > >
> > > > Doug Simpson
> > > > Technology Specialist
> > > > DeQueen Public Schools
> > > > DeQueen, AR 71832
> > > > simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
> > > > Tux for President!
> > > >
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