You are correct, but it is actually more than that.
EA = Ethernet Address. It uniquely identifies the card to an Ethernet
network, whether it is dynamically allocating IP addresses using DHCP or
not. The behaviour you experience depends very much on exactly how the
network is set up at your particular site. Some networks will allow a
static setup even when they expect DHCP, most will not. A lot depends on
firewalls/proxy address setups.
Paul
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marco Mailand [SMTP:Marco.Mailand@psi.ch]
> AFIK, the EA thing is a sort of unique card number for DHCP. The DHCP
> host might identify your card in the company network and assign you
> automatically your IP address and set-up the connection according to
> your network card. I've tried that with my PN895 card but it didn't work
> and so I went to the static IP setting.
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