On 2014-05-24 13:16, Jean-Yves Bernier wrote: At 12:45 PM +0200 24/5/14, Johnny Billquist wrote: Try "SHOW EXEC STAT" instead. :-) NCP>sho exe stat Node status as of 30-MAR-82 00:01:06 Executor node = 10.1 (SHARK) State = On, Physical address = AA-00-04-00-01-28 NCP>sho line qna-0 char Line characteristics as of 30-MAR-82 00:01:28 Line = QNA-0 Controller = Normal Counter timer = Off Protocol = ETHERNET Hardware address = 08-00-2B-AA-BB-CC Controller CSR = 174440, Vector = 120 Priority = 5 Different. Right. Do I need to spell it out? :-) The hardware address is the address the card have from factory. The physical address is the address the software have programmed the card to have. Since DECnet uses specific addresses, the address is changed from the hardware address, since you do not want/need that when running DECnet. Johnny -- Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus || on a psychedelic trip email: bqt at softjar.se || Reading murder books pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol