[K12OSN] Finding MAC address for NIC

[Les Mikesell]

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.

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  Les Mikesell
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