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- From: tihor@acf3.NYU.EDU (Stephen Tihor)
- Subject: Re: What is an ESAR chip
- Message-ID: <59010009@acf3.NYU.EDU>
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- Organization: New York University
- References: <1993Jan21.191137.3419@athena.mit.edu>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 06:09:00 GMT
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- The ESAR chip labeled ENET ADRS is the Ethernet Address chip and for the benefit
- of network software, databases, or hardware that may have an attachment to a
- particular address associated with yoru machine was originally required to be
- socketed and movable so that servicing a system did not change its Ethernet
- address. A less critical issue in pure IP space
-