Another option would be to sign up for Network Fix Day by calling the Computer Helpline. If your Ethernet card is not listed, and if you cannot select it from this pull-down menu, you will need to go into your Network Control Panel, remove everything listed, and follow the directions to install your Ethernet card again. Another option would be to sign up for Network Fix Day by calling the Computer Helpline. An Ethernet address is an identification number unique to every Ethernet card. This address is how the boot-p server recognizes a computer and issues it an IP address.
Ethernet addresses are hexadecimal.
That is, addresses can contain the numbers 0-9 and the first six letters of the alphabet. Ethernet addresses are 12 characters long and almost always start with a 00. If your address begins with 44, that is the address for your ppp adapter, and not your Ethernet card. An IP address is a unique number necessary for a computer to participate on the Internet. It is issued to a computer by the dhcp server if the computer's Ethernet address is entered in the boot-p table.