Manuel Bouyer wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 03:15:05PM -0600, Chris wrote:
> 
>>Manuel Bouyer wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 09:11:01AM -0600, Chris wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Here is the exact message -
>>>>
>>>>ne0 at pcmcia1 function 0
>>>>ne0 (manf  0000149 prod 00004530) cis D-Link DFE-670TXD: can't match 
>>>>ethernet vendor code
>>>
>>>
>>>Unfortunably it doesn't say what the ethernet vendor code is.
>>>Do you know the MAC address of this adapter ?
>>>>From windows you can see it with ipconfig /all
>>>
>>
>>Well Duh - like, I can see that.
>>Yanno - I'm not so sure you're even able to help me out here.
>>I mean, IPCONFIG is Windows. What the hell-o are you telling me to do 
> 
> 
> yes, of course it's windows.
> The problem is: NetBSD doesn't attach the driver for the NIC.
> I can probably fix that, but for this I need the etheret address of this
> adapter, so that I can know its ethernet vendor code.
> As NetBSD doesn't give an easy way to print it, the easiest way is to use
> another OS, for which a working driver is available, to get this ethernet
> address.
> I don't care what OS you use, as long as you can provide me the address :)
> I gave windows as an example, because it's the most likely to be installed
> on a i386 laptop.
> 

What does YOU knowing what MY MAC address is do for me? Either there is 
a fix for this, or not. If there is, point me to it. I don't need an 
explanation, I don't need someone to do it for me, just point me to 
where. I'll do the rest. Without giving anyone my MAC address.



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                  Chris
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