Subject: Re: 2nd ethernet problems
To: None <ccallana@gauss.elee.calpoly.edu>
From: Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>
List: port-sun3
Date: 12/15/1995 13:21:43
> From: Chris Callanan <ccallana@gauss.elee.calpoly.edu>
> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 09:34:33 -0800 (PST)

> > ie0 at obio0 addr 0xc0000 level 3 hwaddr 08:00:20:00:45:c7
> > ie1 at vmes0 addr 0xffe88000 level 3 vector 0x75 hwaddr 08:00:20:00:45:c7
> 
> maybe unrelated, but arent ethernet interfaces supposed to each
> have their own hardware addresses??  why do these 2 show up the same?

Every interface on one wire has to have a unique address.
Multiple interfaces in the same machine are allowed to have
the same address.  Of course, this means you should never
connect the same ethernet segment to more than one of the
interfaces in your Sun...