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Re: Reading an Ethernet card's hardware address?

Dave Michelson
Fri, 16 Oct 1998 00:23:27 -0700

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Adrian Glover wrote:
>
> Dave Michelson wrote:
>
> > Can anyone point me towards material which explains how one might read the
> > hardware addresses of any Ethernet cards installed in a Linux x86 system?
>
> I just installed NT first, and it told me everything I needed to know. I/O
> port, IRQ, everything. May not be your ideal solution, but hey, it works
> in a pinch.

Sorry, I should have been more clear. I'm looking for a generic method (say,
a set of procedure calls) which allows a process to determine the hardware
addresses of any Ethernet cards installed in a Linux x86 system.

I know it can be done. (Which is half the battle :-) I just need to know
how.

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Dave Michelson

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