Re: [NTLK] Finding the mac address for an ethernet card on the Newton?

From: Robert Benschop (rbenschop_at_euronet.nl)
Date: Mon Feb 17 2003 - 06:46:12 PST


on 17-02-2003 3:38, Nancy Haitz at nhaitz_at_earthlink.net wrote:

> I just found it odd (interesting?) that the router recognized that the
> card was the same but the machines were different, and assigned a new
> MAC number to the Newton.

Very odd indeed, I always thought that the MAC address was a hardware thing,
which seemed to be confirmed by the fact that it's often on a sticker on the
outside.
Seems I was wrong ;-)

Robert Benschop

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