[K12OSN] Finding MAC address for NIC

[Toshio Kuratomi]

On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 09:17 -0500, Doug Simpson wrote:
> I need the MAC address *so that I **can** use the GUI config tool* to 
> configure it.  That GUI keeps wanting to assign it to one of the other two 
> and then stuff stops working.
> 
> In other words, the GUI thing only shows and lets me configure the 
> hardware that are currently on eth0 and eth2 MAC addresses.  That third 
> one does not show up as configurable.  If I set it up, it actually sets 
> both interfaces on the same NIC and there goes the rest of the network.  
> This is why I need the MAC address so I can force it to use that third 
> NIC.

Are you sure the other NIC is working?  It sounds more and more like
none of the system tools are able to access it....

What does::
  # ifconfig eth1 up
  # ifconfig eth1
do for you?
Can you use the GUI tool after that?
(Did you check inside /etc/sysconfig/hwconf?)
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