On 10/02/07 os2hardwarel{at}ftn.wpusa.dynip.com wrote:
> You're probably thinking of a MAC address, that's a unique hardware 
> address that's built into every network card. 

Unbingo! I know what a MAC address is. My router, cable modem, 
and probably my TV and refrigerator, each have one. My MB has

"one nForce integrated MAC with Marvell 88E1111-CAA Gigabit 
Ethernet PHY."

Thank goodness I didn't ask what a PHY is!

I believe that the quoted reference

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Access_Control>

has put me on the right track. It think that most MBs do not 
have their own MAC address and their Ethernet packets contain 
the MAC address of their modem or router. Perhaps my MB does 
have a unique MAC that the Marvell chip puts into messages 
that it sends over the Ethernet cable. Anyway, I suspect that 
if I could find a proper OS/2 driver for it I could use the 
Marvell chip for Ethernet connections. I am now in over my head.

Martin


 
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