Method for burning MAC address

• US 7,630,324 B2
• Filed: 11/24/2004
• Issued: 12/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Li, Tao, Wu, Chun-Yang
• Primary Examiner(s): CHO, HONG SOL
• Application Number:
  US10/997,573
• Publication Number:
  US 20050141521A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,840 Days
• Field of Search: 370/252, 370/254, 370/389, 370/395.54, 370/463
• US Class Current: 370/254
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/622 Layer-2 addresses, e.g. medium access control [MAC] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming

Abstract

A method for burning MAC address is used to burn a MAC address into a network card in the course of making a network card. The method includes the following steps: Stores a plurality of MAC addresses in a burning platform. The burning platform sends a MAC address to a burning device, and then burns the MAC address to a network card through the burning device. When the burning process finishes, the burning platform reads the contents of the network card, and compares the reading contents to the burning contents. If the result is correct, the burning platform sends the MAC address and a serial number of the network card to a server, and compares them to serial numbers and MAC addresses being stored in the server to prevent the MAC address being reused.

Claims

1. A method for burning a MAC address into a network card in the course of making the network card, the method comprising the steps of:

storing a plurality of MAC addresses in a burning platform, the burning platform sending one of the MAC addresses to a burning device, and then burning said one of the MAC addresses to the network card via the burning device;

the burning platform reading a MAC address of the network card, and comparing the address of the network card to said one of the MAC addresses which have been sent to the burning device to valuate the MAC address of the network card is correct or not;

the burning platform sending said one of the MAC addresses and a serial number of the network card to a server, and compares them to MAC addresses and serial numbers that the server has stored to prevent MAC address to be reused;

wherein the burning platform burns the network card through the steps of;

creating a burning file;

attaching said one of the MAC addresses and a checksum of said one of MAC addresses to the burning file; and

writing the file to the EPROM of network card via the burning device.

2. The method for burning MAC address as claimed in claim 1, wherein the burning platform checks a number of MAC addresses lying in a section of the MAC addresses after sending said one of the MAC addresses to the burning device, and comparing the number to a first predetermined value, if the number is greater than the first predetermined value, the burning platform burns said MAC address into the network card through the burning device;

if the number is less than the first predetermined value but greater than a second predetermined value, the burning platform displays a message of needing input then burns said MAC address into the network card through the burning device;

if the number is less than the second predetermined value, the burning platform is locked, and the burning process is finished.

3. The method for burning MAC address as claimed in claim 1, wherein the burning platform valuates the MAC address of the network card is correct or not through the steps of:

creating a valuating file;

reading the content of EPROM of the network card, and attaches them to the valuating file;

comparing said one of the MAC addresses to a MAC address of the valuating file to valuate if they are the same; and

comparing the burning file to the valuating file.

4. The method for burning MAC address as claimed in claim 1, wherein the network card is integrated on a motherboard.

5. The method for burning MAC address as claimed in claim 1, wherein if any of the steps is failed, the burning platform displays a failed signal and jumps to a burning process of a next network card.

6. A system for burning a MAC address to a network card in the course of making the network card, the system comprising:

a burning platform for controlling a whole burning process, the burning platform storing a plurality of MAC addresses;

a burning device connecting with the burning platform, the burning platform burning one of the MAC addresses to the network card via the burning device;

a server connecting with the burning platform, the server storing serial numbers of a plurality of network cards and a plurality of MAC addresses for preventing MAC addresses to be reused;

wherein the burning platform creates a burning file before burning said one of the MAC addresses to the network card, and attaches said one of the MAC addresses to the burning file;

wherein the burning platform valuates a MAC address of the network card being correct or not after burning said one of the MAC addresses to the network card;

wherein the burning platform attaches a checksum of said one of the MAC addresses to the burning file after attaching said one of the MAC addresses to the burning file, and writes the burning file to the EPROM of the network card via the burning device.

7. The system for burning MAC address as claimed in claim 6, wherein the burning platform creates a valuating file before valuating the MAC address of network card is correct or not, and reads contents of EPROM of the network card, then attaches them to the valuating file.

8. The system for burning MAC address as claimed in claim 7, wherein after attaching the contents of EPROM to the valuating file, the burning platform compares said one of the MAC addresses of burning file to a MAC address of the valuating file to valuate if they are the same, and compares the burning file to the valuating file to know they have the contents or not.

9. The system for burning MAC address as claimed in claim 6, wherein the network card is integrated on a motherboard.

10. The system for burning MAC address as claimed in claim 6, wherein if the MAC address of network card is not correct, the burning platform displays a filed signal and jumps to a burning process of a next network card.

11. A method for burning a media access control (MAC) address into a circuit board for network identification use thereof, comprising the steps of:

retrieving a section of MAC addresses;

transmitting one of said section of MAC addresses to a burning device;

retrieving a number of the remaining addresses of said section of MAC addresses in case that transmitting of said one of said section of MAC addresses is complete;

burning said transmitted one of said section of MAC addresses in said circuit board via said burning device; and

valuating effectiveness of said burned-in one of said section of MAC addresses;

wherein the method further comprises the step of comparing said number of the remaining addresses of said section of MAC addresses with at least one predetermined value so as to send a request for supplementing another section of MAC addresses based on a result of comparing after said number-retrieving step.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising the step of comparing said burned-in one of said section of MAC addresses with a previously burned-in record so as to identify that said burned-in one of said section of MAC addresses is exclusively used.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising retrieving a checksum of said transmitted one of said section of MAC addresses before said valuating step and using said checksum as a valuating standard in said valuating step.

14. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein said valuating step comprises the step of retrieving said burned-in one of said section of MAC addresses from said circuit board and comparing said burned-in one of said section of MAC addresses with said transmitted one of said section of MAC addresses.