Re: Strange output using nmap-mac-prefixes

[Henri Salo <fgeek () hack fi>]

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:23:53PM -0000, Rob Nicholls wrote:
> > or has Hewlett Packard made Broadcom-cards?
>
> I believe HP and Broadcom partnered around 5 years ago to produce HP
> Compaq systems with Broadcom's gigabit ethernet (but HP and Broadcom have
> been partners in other ventures in previous decades too). Is the system
> from HP Compaq? If so, it's probably just Broadcom using HP's allocation
> as part of some kind of mutual agreement.
>
> I tend to treat the MAC as a guide (e.g. useful for spotting VMWare
> hosts), as it's usually quite easy to spoof.
>
> Rob

The another card is integrated to the motherboard Tyan Thunder K8W
http://www.tyan.com/archive/products/html/thunderk8w.html and another is
in PCI-X slot. It seems like I was only missing some history, but that is
still funny. HP isn't mentioned in card nor in motherboard. Thank you
for your reply.

- Henri Salo

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