Subj : Re: Ethernet HW address on linux
To   : comp.os.linux
From : pushkar.naik
Date : Thu Jul 29 2004 10:32 pm

mjt <mjtobler@removethis_mail.ru> wrote in message news:<w3CNc.694$cK.597@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>...
> Pushkar Naik wrote:
> 
> > Is there any way i can make linux return the ethernet id as
> > 000000000000 when the ethernet card 
> 
> ... do you mean the MAC address?
> .

Hello mjt,
           Yes, i mean the MAC address, how can i make linux return a
mac address of 000000000000 when there is no physical ethernet NIC on
my pc ?

The problem is, the application i'm using is a licensed software hence
no source code available, and it expects a numeric form of MAC address
where as linux is returning a null string. I have obtained a license
for mac address 000000000000 of this app., as i dont have a NIC. But
when this app. querries linux for the mac address, linux returns a "",
and as "" is not equal to 000000000000, the app. refuses to start
saying mac address do not match.

Your help shall prove valuable to me, as i'm stuck up with an
important work !

Regards,
Pushkar.

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