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    /*
     * (C) Copyright 2001
     * Murray Jensen <Murray.Jensen@cmst.csiro.au>
     *
     * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
     * project.
     *
     * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
     * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
     * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
     * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
     *
     * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
     * GNU General Public License for more details.
     *
     * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
     * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
     * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
     * MA 02111-1307 USA
     */
    
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <unistd.h>
    #include <time.h>
    
    int
    main(int argc, char *argv[])
    {
        unsigned long ethaddr_low, ethaddr_high;
    
        srandom(time(0) | getpid());
    
        /*
         * setting the 2nd LSB in the most significant byte of
         * the address makes it a locally administered ethernet
         * address
         */
        ethaddr_high = (random() & 0xfeff) | 0x0200;
        ethaddr_low = random();
    
        printf("%02lx:%02lx:%02lx:%02lx:%02lx:%02lx\n",
    	ethaddr_high >> 8, ethaddr_high & 0xff,
    	ethaddr_low >> 24, (ethaddr_low >> 16) & 0xff,
    	(ethaddr_low >> 8) & 0xff, ethaddr_low & 0xff);
    
        return (0);
    }