[plug] Slightly OT.. Gentoo users?

[Nick Bannon]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 08:48:11PM +0800, Craig Ringer wrote:
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> Alternately, if the app does actually need to talk using a particular 
> ethernet interface with a particular MAC address, there are NICs around 
> that allow their MAC address to be changed in software. You might want 
> to find one.

All non-broken NICs can do that. I believe it's a requirement of the
Ethernet specifications. Certainly, it's required for most forms of high
availability and for protocols such as DECNet, or bridging.

Nick.

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