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Realtek Ethernet MAC address
Name: Marco Date: April 25, 2000 at 14:32:49 Pacific
Comment:
I have Win NT 4.0 SP6a and a Realtek 8029 pci ethernet adapter. Yesterday the mac address of this adapter became 00:00:00:00:00:00 How is possible ?
Name: Patrick Date: April 25, 2000 at 15:31:54 Pacific
Reply:
If you try re-booting and it did not fix the problem, then somehow the bios of the card is gone!!!! or corrupted. Buy another card 22$ realtek or a good bran name like 3Com 50$.
No, seriously, it's the first time I ever heard of such a problem. It may be good to contact the maker.
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Response Number 2
Name: Jeff Date: April 26, 2000 at 05:42:07 Pacific
Reply:
I agree with Patrick. Sounds like it got "toasted". If this resource is being used for work I would make the investment for a good card .... 3com, SMC, INTEL .... you do get what you pay for.
Summary: Hi, I have a realtek RTL8029 network adapter. I cannot find the MAC address. There is a number on the NIC 5200pxa379b1814152. I do not think this is what i need because it is too long. I tried with t...
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