So your saying that der Mouse might be able to change the MAC for
the de0, but he's S.O.L. on the 3Com card, right?

---   David A Woyciesjes
---   C & IS Support Specialist
---   Yale University Press
---   mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu
---   (203) 432-0953
---   ICQ # - 905818

> ----------
> From: 	Lets Go Canes!
> Sent: 	Thursday, June 15, 2000 2:04 PM
> To: 	David Woyciesjes; port-alpha@netbsd.org; 'der Mouse'
> Subject: 	Re:RE: Changing MAC addresses?
> 
> Hi all.
> 
> On boxes running OpenVMS, the Ethernet interface has to allow the MAC
> address to be changed in order to support DECnet.  Since most DEC/Compaq
> Alphas are capable of running OpenVMS, it would make sense that the
> Ethernet controllers all support the ability to change the MAC address.
> OTOH, if the box was built specifically for NT, its conceivable it may
> have an Ethernet interface that doesn't support this function.
> 
>