Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!laidbak!obdient!simon!steve From: steve@simon.UUCP (Steven E. Piette) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: Re: How can I get the Ethernet No. of an Apollo Summary: more ideas Message-ID: <354@simon.UUCP> Date: 9 Aug 89 02:23:41 GMT References: <507@cadlab.cadlab.de> <349@simon.UUCP> <716@ztivax.UUCP> Organization: ACT, Inc., Dank Dark Cave, Algonquin, IL. Lines: 37 In article <716@ztivax.UUCP>, has@ztivax.UUCP (Hans-Albert Schneider) writes: > In article <349@simon.UUCP> steve@simon.UUCP (Steve Piette) writes: > >In article <507@cadlab.cadlab.de>, schmidt@cadlab.uucp (Michael Schmidt) writes: > >> We have 3com Ethernet boards in one of our Apollos. Can any kind > >> soul tell me, how I can get the Ethernet No. of one of these boards? > >> -- > > ... > >If the system is up and running you can find out the Ethernet address by using > >the arp command available under UNIX. > > where is this command located under SR9.7? (Or is it unavailable > until SR10?) I did not find it in the /bsd4.2 tree. > Yes I goofed up, the arp command doesn't seem to be under 9.7 it does exist in SR10. It may be a part of the tcp 3.x BSD stuff but I can't check it out. If it is included it should be in /etc (bsd4.2/etc). I know the BSD TCP 3.x release included ping and I thought arp as well but after a year the memory fades. (:-) But, I did remember another way to find out the ethernet address. When you start tcp_server give it a -d option. This will tell it to run in debug mode and the server will print the ethernet address of it's interface as a part of the startup in the window. I also belive the ether_diag program will print it, but not everyone has the ether_diag on their systems. (something about which release tape it was on) Anyway, I hope this is more helpful ( My apollo is still under water from the last time the basement flooded, so all I had to check with last time was my Sun) -- Steven E. Piette Applied Computer Technology Inc. UUCP: {smarthost}!simon!steve 1750 Riverwood Drive INET: steve@simon.CHI.IL.US or spiette@SUN.COM Algonquin, IL 60102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------