Sent: 08/23/2008
From: connie_pilot
Message:Ah Yes, another piece of humble pie!!!
I did not look deep enough in the .vmc file. When I did it was obvious
there was no replication and the address did in fact appear as described in
the knowledge base article you directed me to. Thanks for the help here.
The .vmc file does however repeat a cryptic code a few lines before the MAC
address. It doesn't appear to be a SID. Do you know what it is?
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connie_pilot
MCSE 2003/Exchange 2003
"Peter Forster [MVP]" wrote:
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> Howdie,
> "connie_pilot" <(email address - cut out)> schrieb:
> > My understanding is that each network adapter in an instance of VPC must
> > have
> > a unique MAC address (substantiated by the VPC documentation) but
> > examination
> > of a 2-network adapter configuration yields identical MAC addresses.
>
> No.
>
> > This also occurs on configurations of multiple instances of VPC. Am I
> > interpreting this incorrectly or doesn't it really matter?
>
> This is not correct. Please read: How dynamic media access control addresses
> are assigned to virtual network adaptors in Virtual Server 2005
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888030/en-us
> The article applies to Virtual PC too.
>
> --
> Peter Forster
> MVP Virtual Machine
> Austria
>
>
>
Sent: 08/23/2008
From: "Peter Forster [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:Howdie,
"connie_pilot" <(email address - cut out)> schrieb:
No.
> This also occurs on configurations of multiple instances of VPC. Am I
This is not correct. Please read: How dynamic media access control addresses
are assigned to virtual network adaptors in Virtual Server 2005
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888030/en-us
The article applies to Virtual PC too.
--
Peter Forster
MVP Virtual Machine
Austria
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> My understanding is that each network adapter in an instance of VPC must
> have
> a unique MAC address (substantiated by the VPC documentation) but
> examination
> of a 2-network adapter configuration yields identical MAC addresses.
> interpreting this incorrectly or doesn't it really matter?
Sent: 08/23/2008
From: "Peter Forster [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:Howdie,
"connie_pilot" <(email address - cut out)> schrieb/wrote:
Can you post the lines? I have no such cryptic code before the MAC address.
After the MAC-Address the virtual network is defined:
This is mine:
<virtual_network>
<id type="bytes">20FC577D21084382BFA64D2BB9C6E8B8</id>
<name type="string">Internal Network</name>
</virtual_network>
Do you mean this?
--
Peter Forster
MVP Virtual Machine
Austria
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> The .vmc file does however repeat a cryptic code a few lines before the
> MAC
> address. It doesn't appear to be a SID. Do you know what it is?
Sent: 08/24/2008
From: connie_pilot
Message:Hi,
Sorry for the delay in replying. The info I referenced is:
<ethernet_adapter>
<controller_count type="integer">1</controller_count>
<ethernet_controller id="0">
<virtual_network>
<id type="bytes">68FF6C6D685A11DC80DA93F58E97A6DA</id>
<name type="string">Local only</name>
</virtual_network>
<ethernet_card_address type="bytes">0003FFAC0199</ethernet_card_address>
</ethernet_controller>
Its clear which is the MAC address but what is the other network ID stuff?
--
connie_pilot
MCSE 2003/Exchange 2003
"Peter Forster [MVP]" wrote:
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> Howdie,
> "connie_pilot" <(email address - cut out)> schrieb/wrote:
>
> > The .vmc file does however repeat a cryptic code a few lines before the
> > MAC
> > address. It doesn't appear to be a SID. Do you know what it is?
>
> Can you post the lines? I have no such cryptic code before the MAC address.
> After the MAC-Address the virtual network is defined:
>
> This is mine:
>
> <virtual_network>
> <id type="bytes">20FC577D21084382BFA64D2BB9C6E8B8</id>
> <name type="string">Internal Network</name>
> </virtual_network>
>
> Do you mean this?
>
> --
> Peter Forster
> MVP Virtual Machine
> Austria
>
>
>
Sent: 08/24/2008
From: "Peter Forster [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:Howdie,
"connie_pilot" <(email address - cut out)> schrieb/wrote:
That's the virtual network ID which is used by Virtual PC. Take a look at
the blog from Robert Larson, he has an good article about this:
http://blogs.technet.com/roblarson/archive/2007/10/12/how-does-the-mapping-from-a-virtual-network-adapter-to-a-physical-adapter-work.aspx
--
Peter Forster
MVP Virtual Machine
Austria
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> <ethernet_adapter>
> <controller_count type="integer">1</controller_count>
> <ethernet_controller id="0">
> <virtual_network>
> <id type="bytes">68FF6C6D685A11DC80DA93F58E97A6DA</id>
> <name type="string">Local only</name>
> </virtual_network>
> <ethernet_card_address type="bytes">0003FFAC0199</ethernet_card_address>
> </ethernet_controller>
>
> Its clear which is the MAC address but what is the other network ID stuff?
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