Are you referring to MAC address as in the "serial number" of
various hardware devices and especially NICs?
Jimmy
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From: Martin Rosenfeld 
> On 09/30/07 Mike O'Connor wrote:
> > I don't know whether you have lost (or never had) the printed manual 
> > for that tomcat motherboard, but I was quoting from looking at the manual 
> > available from Tyan as :
> > 
> > ftp://ftp.tyan.com/manuals/m_s2865_110.pdf
> 
> Mike,
> 
> I have the manual. The one on the Tyan site is a slightly 
> later revision. I will have to see what it adds or deletes.
> 
> >  From my reading - it's simply a matter of using a jumper to enable the 
> > use of that MAC item (I know nothing about those either - having 
> > never encountered one - yet) as the LAN2 connection - by default it's 
> > disabled. I don't have any idea what driver you'd have to use for it!  :-\ 
> 
> I too saw that it has a jumper to enable is but it was   not 
> until you reminded me that I realized that it could (might?) 
> be used a s a second LAN connection. I could have one card 
> connected to the Internet, the other to my router (but how 
> would the others get on the Internet?)
> 
> > When I read above document I was under the impression it was part of the 
> > nVidia chipset - note the block diagrams in above.
> 
> Yes, I believe you are right about where it resides. I suspect 
> that there is no os/2 driver for it.
> > 
> > I have noted in the past that one has to usually query with the 
> > seller exactly what is comprised with the items!
> 
> When I contact tech support I tell them I am running WIN2K. I 
> am afraid to blow my cover by asking for an OS/2 driver. It is 
> best to ask here and maybe in Russia where a lot of OS/2 
> development is done.
> 
> I think a MAC (NOT Apple) Is a specific thingy for networking. 
> I wish someone would explain. I guess the weekend is a bad 
> time to post new topics.
> 
> Martin




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