Configuring 4-port ethernet card on Ultra-1

#11 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 07:39 AM

In article <4103a3c6$0$22580$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> ,
Andrew Tyson <asptysonATyahooD0TcomD0Tau> wrote:
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>> You can change the ethernet addresses of your qe0 by using ifconfig ether
>> or use setenv in OBP but I don't remember the exact parameter.
></snip>
>
>Either from Solaris;
>
>$ eeprom local-mac-address?=true
>
>or OBP;
>
>ok setenv local-mac-address? true
>
>AT
>
I did that, and am still getting the box mac addresses assigned to all
the qe ports.

Hank

#12 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 07:39 AM

Henry van Cleef <hvanclee@nyx.net> probably said:
>I did that, and am still getting the box mac addresses assigned to all
>the qe ports.

Not all ethernet cards have local MACs to use, if the qe card is one
of them then you'll have to assign it addresses manually.

P.

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pir

#13 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 07:40 AM

hvanclee@nyx.net (Henry van Cleef) wrote in message news:<1090996940.29101@irys.nyx.net>...
> >ok setenv local-mac-address? true

> I did that, and am still getting the box mac addresses assigned to all
> the qe ports.

That does give the ports their own MAC addresses, only allows them to
have their own MAC addresses.

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