[K12OSN] Finding MAC address for NIC

[Les Mikesell]

On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 09:17, Doug Simpson wrote:
> 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. . .

If 'dmesg' shows that eth1 was detected at boot time you should
have an eth1 in the GUI that you can edit, and the hardware
tab should show the NIC brand.  Did you add this interface
after installation or move/clone the system drive from a
different machine?  

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  Les Mikesell
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