The first six digits (three bytes) of a MAC (Media Access Control) address identify the manufacturer of a network interface card. The last six digits (three bytes) are the serial number of that particular card. As Alex said, the MAC address serves only as a unique identifier. The most useful information that you can get out of the MAC address is from the first six numbers. You can use them to look up the manufacturer of the card, if for some reason you are unable to determine their name any other way. Here is a site where you can look up the name of the card manufacturer: http://www.synapse.de/ban/HTML/P_LAYER2/Eng/P_lay280.html Chuck Jones Refinery Automation Technologist A.E. Staley Mfg. Co. -- Lafayette South Plant 765.477.5324 - Office | 877.536.9219 - Pager ***************************************************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the email to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender immediately. ***************************************************************************************************** _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave