But where is the address for device (so that you can poll it) coming
from?  Do you want to be able to enter the MAC address, send
an ethernet packet to get the IP address?

Isn't it easier to enter and IP, rather than a MAC address?

If the IP address is hardware assigned, what if it conflicts with
an exisiting IP, how does it work out the subnet mask and
router address to start with?  Surely you use a bit of software to assign
these values first??

Ignoring all this, if you are using FB2 and just want to do IP, 
I can provide you with a demo.
It will not work under OSX, except in the blue box (Classic Mode)
Let me know if it is of any use.

If you want to do MAC addresses and play at ethernet level, your a bit outta my 
field.

Jamin


On 11/06/02 5:14 AM, Rodney Kobayakawa <rodk@...> wrote:
> From the ethernet port of the device, ie: poll the device to get 
>its IP
>address. All I want to do is send commands to and get data from this 
>device
>using the ethernet port that has a hardware assigned IP address. 
>As more and
>more devices are being controlled with ethernet instead of serial, 
>I would
>like to learn this method soon.
>
>rod k.
>