Re: [FW1] FW: Firewall-1 and Sun Issue

[Jason Witty <jason@FW1-NOSPAMwittys.com>]

Tim,

It shouldn't, but if you truly want to rule it out, you can try setting
"local-mac-address?" to TRUE in the Boot PROM (at system boot-up or by
using the eeprom command.)

example% eeprom "local-mac-address?"=true ; reboot

Jason

Tim Parker wrote:
> 
> Jason -- would it matter if there was an interface that ran into a hub above
> a pair of bigIP boxes and then another interface that ran into a hub behind
> the bigIP's?
> 
> We are running into licensing problems that I am trying to work with some
> consultants and Checkpoint on to find the answer and I am grasping for
> answers!!
> 
> Tim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Witty [mailto:jason@wittys.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 10:13 AM
> To: John Bumgarner
> Cc: Fw-1-Mailinglist (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: [FW1] FW: Firewall-1 and Sun Issue
> 
> That's always the case with Sun Quad cards.  There is an EPROM variable
> you can set to force it to use unique addresses, but it really doesn't
> make any difference, so long as no two interfaces are ever plugged into
> the same physical network segment....
> 
> > John Bumgarner wrote:
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Bumgarner
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 9:31 AM
> > To: Majordomo Firewall-1 (E-mail)
> > Subject: Firewall-1 and Sun Issue
> >
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> > To the list,
> >
> > I recently installed Version 4.0 on a Sun 220 running Solaris 7.
> > This was a fresh install of Solaris.  The install was a core, which
> > was than reduced to only 21 packages.  The issue is the interface's
> > MAC addresses.  All the MAC addresses are the same, but the firewall
> > still functions correctly.  Has anyone every seen this on a firewall?
> >
> > # ifconfig -a
> > lo0: flags=849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 8232
> >         inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
> > ge0: flags=863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> >         inet <IP ADDRESS> netmask <NETMASK ADDRESS> broadcast <IP
> > ADDRESS>
> >         ether 8:0:20:e5:c0:f7
> > hme0: flags=863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> >         inet <IP ADDRESS> netmask  <NETMASK ADDRESS> broadcast <IP
> > ADDRESS>
> >         ether 8:0:20:e5:c0:f7
> > qfe0: flags=863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> >         inet <IP ADDRESS> netmask  <NETMASK ADDRESS> broadcast <IP
> > ADDRESS>
> >         ether 8:0:20:e5:c0:f7
> > qfe1: flags=863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> >         inet <IP ADDRESS>  netmask  <NETMASK ADDRESS> broadcast <IP
> > ADDRESS>
> >         ether 8:0:20:e5:c0:f7
> >
> > John Bumgarner
> >
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