Asanté 10T Mini EN/SC Media Access Control (MAC) Address? — #8

Post #8 by Leografix

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Networking
Post Date	Sat, 27 Sep 2008 - 18:03
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/asante-10t-mini-en-sc-media-access-control-mac-address.15006/

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Would the switch described below be suitable? http://edmonton.en.craigslist.ca/sys/831318465.html

Will do very well, I´m using three of that kind without any problems.

your last post confirmed the my original question. that holding the option key down when clicking "built in ethernet" would generate the MAC address.

Well, not to 100%. Especially older Macs (maybe not the PowerBooks) tend to drop that functionality in accordance to their type of ethernet controller, SCSI controller or whatever. For example: my Plus with an Asante EN/SC does not show the MAC adress by this procedure while the SE with the same OS, MacTCP and the same adapter shows the MAC adress.

An Appletalk router... Could my soon to be up and running ethernet ready Performa (LC) 475 act as that router?

Any Mac fitted with the right software can act as an AppleTalk seed router. But have this in mind: a Performa 475 only provides 10Mbit which might slow down Macs that utilize the 100Mbit transfer rates. While this isn´t tragic it can slow down local network connections notably.

J