[SunRescue] SS2 HostID question...

[Mike Nicewonger]

There was a "urban legend" on how to recover the lost MAC. Although I don't
think there is any way to recover the MAC, hence the made up bogus number.
Remember you can replace the C0.FF.EE with just about any number in hex.

Mike N
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hebel" <druaga at pmail.net>
To: "Rescue at Sunhelp. Org" <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 3:36 PM
Subject: [SunRescue] SS2 HostID question...


> I think I asked this once before because the nvram FAQ
> (www.squirrel.com/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html) had no answers for me.  Is
> there any way to find out the original hostid of a Sun box?  Does Sun have
> any info on this?
>
> The Reason:  I might be getting my office to pay for a very simple but
> powerful 2D CAD package for my home SS2 (to do network layout and such)
but
> the license is based on the hostid and I know I bombed my NVRAM settings
at
> least once on my SS2.  I'm sure I will conflict with someone in their
> database if I give them 80:20:57:C0:FF:EE. ;-)
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Mike Hebel
>
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