Subject: Re: Configuring two network cards in SPARCstation 4
To: Alex Buell <alex.buell@munted.org.uk>
From: grant beattie <grant@grunta.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 06/01/2002 11:52:45
On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 09:33:56PM +0100, Alex Buell wrote:

> I'm tearing my hair out here, guys. What I wanted to be able to do is to
> attach a cable modem to the be0 card, and use the SPARCstation as a router
> on my private network. I've yet to attach a cable to the be0 card, I don't
> want to risk screwing up my set top box downstairs until I can easily
> configure either of the cards to work.

You probably can't change the mac address of be0 without hacking
around in the prom, only newer cards have local mac addresses. If you
really need to change it, have a look at this page,

	http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html

Should provide everything you need.

grant.