Re: Qube2700 / new install of Martin's Debian -- (2700's have no serial port)

[chuck <charles.fair@mac.com>]

For the record:  the Qube 2700 was the original Cobalt Qube with only  
a single Ethernet port, and one PCI slot.  (Mine has an ISDN card in  
it).  Sounds like sniffing the MAC probably is a good plan here.
Charles


On Dec 6, 2006, at 11:35 AM, The Fungi wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 05:10:00PM +0100, Daniel Rheinbay wrote:
> [...]
> > > Have I missed something here, or are my only
> > > options sniffing the DHCP traffic, or looking in the DHCP server  
> > > db for
> > > recent acquisitions (and how do I know what my MAC address is,  
> > > anyway?)
> > Yup, you missed one option indeed: Establishing a link to the serial
> > console to see what's going on :)
>
> And another, read the MAC off the sticker on the Qube (if still
> present) and set up a reservation on your DHCP server for that at a
> known address.
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