Re: Uthercard Mac address

["AMart79196@gmail.com" <AMart79196@gmail.com>]

On Mar 16, 8:14 pm, "Glenn Jones"
<glenn.jo...@a2central.com.remove-1b0-this> wrote:
>   To: AMart79...@gmail.comAMart79...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > I sure hope that Glenn Jones pop's on to fill me in.
>
> I'm here :)
>
> > Not having a MAC addy on the card goes against the book
> > completly...never seen it in my life...but this may be a first..
>
> It is true most vendors of Ethernet cards have burned in MAC Addresses
> and most Ethernet drivers allow for a Locally Administered Address
> (LAA)(over ride).
>
> The CS8900a has no facility to remember a MAC address, it has to be
> programmed by something each time it is powered on. In the modules 16
> bit mode an external serial prom is supported to hold a MAC address but
> that is not an option for us 8-bit folks.
>
> Oliver set the MAC address in Contiki as that was the first app to use
> the Uthernet card. When Ewen and I worked on the Marinetti Link Layer
> for the Uthernet card, we opt'd to keep it the same.
>
> As long as it is unique on your LAN it should not pose a problem ... in
> your case knowing what you should put in the MAC inclusion list on your
> router is important. Others have provided ways of determining the MAC
> address of any LAN device, if you don't have access to that info from
> the vendor. Turning off your MAC filter momentarily and issuing a DHCP
> request would have been my suggestion.
>
> Hope this helps....
>
> Glenn
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Thanks very much guys..
Anthony