Checking the MAC adress via console
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Jump to navigationJump to search- if the device has no, a duplicated or a wrong MAC-Adress on the label try the following.
- Connect to the serial console of the device (just like to a Cisco device, same serial port settings)
- you will be asked to set a password, choose whatever you like, its not saved as long you don't save the configuration
- when
<Quidway>
and a cursor appears, typedisplay diagnostic-information
and hitENTER
- this will give out a huge diagnostic report, some seconds after the section
=====display interface====
appears, stop the output by pressingCTRL + C
- now search for the entry which starts with
IP Sending Frames' Format is PKTFMT_ETHNT_2, Hardware address is xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
- the
xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
part is the Base Mac-adress of the device