Adding Unlisted Network Card Vendor ID to Network Monitor

Last reviewed: April 24, 1997
Article ID: Q148647

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.1 and 1.2

Network card vendors have 6-digit prefixes pre-pended to the network card MAC address. Do one of the following to obtain the MAC address for your network card:

From a Windows NT Command Prompt, type the following:
```
      ipconfig /all
```
-or-
On a NetWare server, type the following:
```
      config
```
-or-
Look at the documentation that is included with the network card.

Approximately 650 vendor ID numbers are stored internally in Network Monitor. To add a new or unlisted vendor, you must modify the NETMON.INI file in the <SMS Root>\Netmon\<platform> directory. The following is a sample [Vendor_IDS] section in NETMON.INI:

   [Vendor_IDS]

   VID0= 002211, <New card 1>
   VID1= 002222, <New card 2>
   NumberIDs = 2

NOTE: The length of <New card 1> and <New card 2> must be no greater than 6 characters.

Additional query words: prodsms
Keywords : kbtool smshowto smsnetmon
Version : 1.1 1.2 3.5 3.51
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: April 24, 1997
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