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Defining a Locally Administered Network Address
A default network address is encoded for the 3C359 NIC
during manufacturing. This address is called the universal
address (UAA), or “burned-in” address.
To customize the address for your network administration
needs, you can assign a locally administered address (LAA)
that overrides the NIC’s universal address. The LAA address
must consist of 12 hexadecimal digits in the range from
X’4000 0000 0000’ to X’7FFF FFFF FFFF’ and must be
unique throughout the network.
In most cases, you will use the preset UAA address and not
have to define an LAA address. Check with your network
administrator before using this feature.
Defining the LAA Address for Windows 95
Use the following procedures in this section to perform the
following actions in a Windows 95 environment:
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Display the current network address
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Set a new LAA address.
Displaying the Current Network Address for
Windows 95
Follow these steps to display the current network address:
1 Boot from a DOS diskette to run the diagnostic
program. Display the DOS prompt.
2 If you are using the 3.5-inch
TokenDisk
diskettes,
insert
TokenDisk
diskette #1 in the drive and make
that drive the active drive. For example, enter:
a:
If you are using the
TokenDisk
CD, insert it and make
the CD-ROM drive the active drive. For example, enter:
d:
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