Hi Hewlett Packard Procurve switches have identical MAC addresses on every port too. So it would be generic for some sort of switching hardware. -- Alexandr On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 02:22, Denis Ovsienko<pilot@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:08:49 +0200 Michael Holm - 2Fast wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> First of all, nice software :).. but im trying to hack the snmp import >> script a little bit.. i want to be able to import my ZyXEL switches.. >> but i has found out that you cannot have the same mac address on >> multiple ports on the same object :/ > > Hello. > > All managed switches I've met so far have unique L2 address on each > port, at least when it comes to the BIA (burn-in address). The > constraint was introduced to make this fact working against mistaken > data entry. Of course, if it is acceptable to have such duplicates in > the real world, the DB constraint should be removed (currently the > search function relies on it). But I suspect, that the duplicates have > to do with STP. > > Any other ZyXEL hardware owners here? > >