[HECnet] Same MAC address on different nodes

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2014-05-24 13:16, Jean-Yves Bernier wrote:
At 12:45 PM +0200 24/5/14, Johnny Billquist wrote:

Try "SHOW EXEC STAT" instead. :-)

NCP>sho exe stat

Node status as of 30-MAR-82 00:01:06

Executor node = 10.1 (SHARK)

      State = On, Physical address = AA-00-04-00-01-28

NCP>sho line qna-0 char

Line characteristics as of 30-MAR-82 00:01:28

Line = QNA-0

      Controller = Normal
      Counter timer = Off
      Protocol = ETHERNET
      Hardware address = 08-00-2B-AA-BB-CC
      Controller CSR = 174440, Vector = 120
      Priority = 5



Different.

Right.
Do I need to spell it out? :-)
The hardware address is the address the card have from factory. The physical address is the address the software have programmed the card to have. Since DECnet uses specific addresses, the address is changed from the hardware address, since you do not want/need that when running DECnet.

	Johnny

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