Subj : Re: Ethernet HW address on linux
To   : comp.os.linux
From : mjt
Date : Fri Jul 30 2004 12:10 pm

Pushkar Naik wrote:

> 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 !

.... "man ifconfig", check the "hw" option
also: 
http://www.alobbs.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=macc&file=index
..
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