From: jamal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 10:00:08 -0400
> As an example, if eth7 appeared again, greearb-snmp by looking at lspci > can validate it is still the same device type, some serial number output > etc; it can also determine it was exactly the same card as before even That's why many distributions key network devices on hardware link-layer address. The one downside is that unfortunately many devices, particularly wireless ones that require external firmware, don't setup the MAC address until the first open() occurs, which is incredibly wrong behavior. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
