One quick addition:
The SMC cards that I have worked with all have the MAC address either
silk-screened onto the card, or stuck on a label. I usually take a
permanent marker and write the last two octets on the metal backplane
of the card so that it is easy to tell which is which after you have
closed the machine.
If you do this, then it's not so bad using EZSTART.EXE to configure
multiple cards at the same time, since EZSTART will show you the MAC
addresses of the cards when it prompts you to select the card to
configure.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gb-users_at_gta_dot_com [mailto:owner-gb-users_at_gta_dot_com]On Behalf Of
Nick Holland
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 12:49 PM
To: gb-users_at_gta_dot_com
Subject: SMC8216 cards
[...]
Other tips: The EZSTART.EXE program will configure multiple SMC8216
cards in one machine, but I recommend that you configure the cards one
at a time. This way, you can tell WHICH card you are configuring. This
is generally good info for any ISA software-settable NICs -- install one
card, set it, remove it, label it, install the next, set it, etc., until
all NICs are configured, then install all the cards. Don't forget to
label the cards!
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