[FC1], 2.6.8-rc2 kernel, new motherboard problems
Price Technology
pricetech at charter.net
Thu Jul 22 03:39:57 UTC 2004
Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Wednesday 21 July 2004 22:50, Price Technology wrote:
> [...]
>
>>Per his earlier posts, he seems to have an onboard NIC without a
>>"burned in" MAC. I'm not familiar with NVidia making NIC's, but my
>>Son has a winders gaming system which has a Asus board with NVidia
>>everything. (except NIC)
>>
>>Now to the original issue:
>>
>>Pardon if I am making incorrect assumptions, but I would go back
>>through the manual that came with the MoBo and try to find some
>>reference to a "default" MAC if for no other reason than knowing
>>you at least have the right manufacturer's prefix.
>
>
> There is no default address, if you turn it on for the first time in
> the bios settings, it opens a text entry window and asks for an
> address. I'd assume if it had a default, it would show there, but
> its blank until you fill it in.
>
>
>>Try the following url, if the above proves in vain:
>>
>>http://www.coe.uky.edu/~stu/nic/nic.cfm
>>
>>It's a cross-reference of MAC to Manufacturer and vice versa.
>
>
> Ok, I'll check that out right now. brb. Humm, it lists Nvidia as
> having the first 24 bits of 00044B. I'll change that the next time I
> reboot, many thanks.
>
Right, I spotted that myself. (put it in for curiosity)
You may have mentioned it in an earlier post, I think you did actually,
but what's the make and model of the board. My curiosity is all riled
up now.
Joebewan
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