Re: network issues / no network

Charles <[email protected]> Fri, 19 Sep 2025 16:24:30 +0000
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Hi,

> The barcode/numbers on the top could be decoded by Sun in the past.
> However, at this point in time, I would say - yes, the original is lost
> forever.

If you're really wanting to recover the original MAC address,
there is a project on GitHub [1] that can decode some of the barcodes.

There is also an old discussion [2] on this list that may or may not be
helpful.

That said, I would probably just follow Julian's advice and make up an
address that uses 08:00:20 for the first half.

Best,

Charles

P.S.:

[1] https://github.com/thenetworkinglab/barcode_to_sun_addresses
[2] https://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-sparc/2001/09/04/0003.html