second ethernet

[jdow]

From: "Jeff Vian" <jvian10 at charter.net>

> On Tue, 2005-12-13 at 17:43 -0800, jdow wrote:
>> From: "Jeffrey Ross" <jeff at bubble.org>
>> 
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>> So far as I know you can keep going as far as you want. The problem
>> becomes generating a distinguishing feature for the cards.
>> 
> 
> Even if otherwise identical all cards have one unique attribute.  the
> MAC address.

Jeff, I lost my faith in that one about 3 or 4 years ago when I picked
up a CHEAP NIC that had a duplicate MAC address to another very cheap
NIC I'd purchased about a year before. Now I tend to look for that as
a potential problem when the network hoses upon adding something new
to it.

By the way, I was UTTERLY astounded and uttered some of the choicest
un-lady-like language I know for about 10 minutes straight. I mean that
language was even worse than I meted out to the 3COM cards of that
vintage.

{o.o}