[K12OSN] Finding MAC address for NIC

[Doug Simpson]

I need the MAC address *so that I **can** use the GUI config tool* to 
configure it.  That GUI keeps wanting to assign it to one of the other two 
and then stuff stops working.

In other words, the GUI thing only shows and lets me configure the 
hardware that are currently on eth0 and eth2 MAC addresses.  That third 
one does not show up as configurable.  If I set it up, it actually sets 
both interfaces on the same NIC and there goes the rest of the network.  
This is why I need the MAC address so I can force it to use that third 
NIC.

Hope this is understandable. . .

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

On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, Les Mikesell wrote:

> On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 07:38, Doug Simpson wrote:
> > dmesg doesn't show MAC address as it probes. It just shows the NICs and 
> > whether or not they are loaded.
> 
> Must be OS version-related.  I see things like:
> eth1: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95721) rev 4101 PHY(5750)] (PCI Express)
> 10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet 00:14:5e:32:27:d5
> 
> However, I still don't understand why you need to know a mac
> address anyway.  Just assign it a private IP address on an
> unused subnet with the GUI network tool and bring it up. Then
> you should be able to use tcpdump, ethereal, ntop, or whatever
> you were planning to use to snoop - and then ifconfig will show
> the info if you do need it.
> 
> -- 
>   Les Mikesell
>    les at futuresource.com
> 
> 
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