the Question is how to get the mac adress of NOT plumbed network
interfaces.

It is easy to get mac addr. of plumbed interfaces (ifconfig -a) but
what about not plumbed interfaces.

the local-mac-address? is set to true.

Thx
potros
 

mohm senad wrote:
> the Question is how to get the mac adress of NOT plumbed network
> interfaces.
> 
> It is easy to get mac addr. of plumbed interfaces (ifconfig -a) but
> what about not plumbed interfaces.
> 
May be 'arp' is your friend

On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 20:00:43 +0100, PM <pm@gmx.de> wrote:

>mohm senad wrote:
>> the Question is how to get the mac adress of NOT plumbed network
>> interfaces.
>> 
>> It is easy to get mac addr. of plumbed interfaces (ifconfig -a) but
>> what about not plumbed interfaces.
>> 
>May be 'arp' is your friend

as I wrote the interface is not plumbed! it has no IP-addr. It is used
for heart-beat, without IP.

mohm senad wrote:

> the Question is how to get the mac adress of NOT plumbed network
> interfaces.
> 
> It is easy to get mac addr. of plumbed interfaces (ifconfig -a) but
> what about not plumbed interfaces.
> 
> the local-mac-address? is set to true.
> 
> Thx
> potros
>  

# prtconf -pv | grep local-mac-address
will give you some, but sadly not all the info.
--
Chris

`prtpicl -v` 
may work

mohm senad <mohmi2003@yahoo.de> wrote in 
news:ljdf01d19v4gv4vkc9rcguf48e9m1bftdm@4ax.com:

> the Question is how to get the mac adress of NOT plumbed network
> interfaces.
> 
> It is easy to get mac addr. of plumbed interfaces (ifconfig -a) but
> what about not plumbed interfaces.
> 
> the local-mac-address? is set to true.
> 
> Thx
> potros
>  

Why don't you plumb the interface, then you can find the mac address with 
the ifconfig command.

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 02:57:19 GMT, John Blackburn
<john.d.blackburn@transport.qlNO_SPAMd.gov.au> wrote:

>mohm senad <mohmi2003@yahoo.de> wrote in 
>news:ljdf01d19v4gv4vkc9rcguf48e9m1bftdm@4ax.com:
>
>> the Question is how to get the mac adress of NOT plumbed network
>> interfaces.
>> 
>> It is easy to get mac addr. of plumbed interfaces (ifconfig -a) but
>> what about not plumbed interfaces.
>> 
>> the local-mac-address? is set to true.
>> 
>> Thx
>> potros
>>  
>
>Why don't you plumb the interface, then you can find the mac address with 
>the ifconfig command.
the interface is used for llt in a very early system startup phase.
so I do not like tp get tcpip on it running at all.

mohm senad <mohmi2003@yahoo.de> writes:
> the interface is used for llt in a very early system startup phase.
> so I do not like tp get tcpip on it running at all.

In that case, the best answer is probably to do it the way ifconfig
does: open the DLPI node (/dev/<name> or /dev/<name><ppa>), and use
DL_PHYS_ADDR_REQ to get the address.

-- 
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In article <qr4v0153hi2mfphuru6bkup2nfgdu9jbki@4ax.com>,
mohm senad  <mohmi2003@yahoo.de> wrote:
>On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 02:57:19 GMT, John Blackburn
><john.d.blackburn@transport.qlNO_SPAMd.gov.au> wrote:
>
>>mohm senad <mohmi2003@yahoo.de> wrote in 
>>news:ljdf01d19v4gv4vkc9rcguf48e9m1bftdm@4ax.com:
>>
>>> the Question is how to get the mac adress of NOT plumbed network
>>> interfaces.
>>> 
>>> It is easy to get mac addr. of plumbed interfaces (ifconfig -a) but
>>> what about not plumbed interfaces.
>>> 
>>> the local-mac-address? is set to true.
>>> 
>>> Thx
>>> potros
>>>  
>>
>>Why don't you plumb the interface, then you can find the mac address with 
>>the ifconfig command.
>the interface is used for llt in a very early system startup phase.
>so I do not like tp get tcpip on it running at all.

You would not have to leave it plumbed.  You could plumb it (but not set up
a tcp address), find out the mac address, and then unplumb it.  You would
only have to do this once.
-- 
Tom Schulz
schulz@adi.com