On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 12:12:12PM +1000, David Cureton wrote: > > I was not actually trying to identify an specific motherboard such as is done > when trying to lock software to a specific host(ie MAC address) . > > I am trying to identify a class of motherboard. Oh this one is a Gigabyte > GA-7VAXP and this one is a ASUS-blah... and so on. > > I'm not sure if the motherboard vendors purchase MAC address ranges and if > there would be no guarantee that Mobo X is in range Y. > > Have to see if MoBo manuf. actually get assigned MAC address ranges. > > Thanks David MAC adresses consist of a unique vendor identifier and a unique unit identifier. With onboard NICs, this could very well work, unless MoBo manufacturers change chipsets w/o notice, which happens sometimes. http://www.firewall.cx/mac_addresses.php HTH, Nick -- x----------------------------------------------------------------------x | The greatest woes of the programmer? | | Serotonine deficiency, caffeine deprivation and the | | unbearable roar of the birds. | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | Nicolas Kratz <nick@ikarus.dyndns.org> <n_kratz@cs.uni-frankfurt.de> | x----------------------------------------------------------------------x
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