Mac Addresses - Altera Nios Ethernet User Manual

Nios Ethernet Development Kit User Guide
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MAC Addresses

Altera Corporation
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The PDF documentation files are in:
– <SOPC-HOME>/documents/nedk/
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For the most current version of this user guide, see
http://www.altera.com/literature/lit-nio.html.
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A complete set of PC-board manufacturing documents for the
daughter card. This includes all design-files necessary to build and
assemble the daughter card board and components. These
documents are found in following directories:
<SOPC-HOME>/documents/nedk_daughtercard_cs8900/
<SOPC-HOME>/documents/nedk_daughtercard_lan91c11
For detailed specifications for the SMSC LAN 91C111 chip, see
http://www.smsc.com/main/catalog/lan91c111.html
For detailed specification for the Cirrus
http://www.cirrus.com/design/products/overview/detail.cfm?d=
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The Nios EDK daughter card manufacturing and design documents give
you all the necessary information to build copies of the daughter card
yourself. You may also use these design files to copy and paste sections of
the daughter card design into your own custom PC-board schematic,
layout, or bill of materials (BOM).
All Ethernet devices require a unique 48-bit Ethernet media access control
(MAC) address. All Nios EDK kits ship with the same default MAC
address. This MAC address serves as a placeholder during development.
To obtain your own block of unique Ethernet MAC addresses for your
products, refer to the IEEE web site at
http://www.standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/index.shtml.
A single Nios EDK system can use the default MAC address on a LAN
without a conflict. However, two Nios EDK systems with the same MAC
address will cause conflicts. If you are using two or more Nios EDK
systems on the same LAN, you must assign a unique Ethernet MAC
address to each system.
The Nios Development Kit and the Nios EDK form a prototyping
platform for creating your custom embedded, networked system. These
development boards, reference designs, and applications allow you to
rapidly prototype your application.
Overview
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® Logic CS8900A chip, see
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