On Fri, 1 Oct 2021 20:58:14 +0200, Nico Huber wrote:
> A quick search for "intel amt configure ip" led me here [1]. It seems
> there was a time when one could configure individual IP addresses for
> ME and host OS's, but that ended about 10 years ago.

And the ME also had (has?) its own MAC address:
"The ME has its own MAC and IP address for the out-of-band interface,
with direct access to the Ethernet controller; one portion of the
Ethernet traffic is diverted to the ME even before reaching the host's
operating system, [...]."

According to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine#Hardware
... which in turn references:
http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/datasheets/i210-ethernet-controller-datasheet.pdf

That's from 2012, but still updated this year.


> AMT is the name of the networking software that runs on the ME btw.
> Many ME firmware packages don't have AMT at all. So officially, these
> couldn't do networking.

Well, devices without AMT firmware couldn't do the advertised
out-of-band management etc. which is implemented by AMT, but these
devices may still have network-capable ME firmware, maybe for
AntiTheft technology (apparently discontinued in 2015) or whatever...


Regards,

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Merlin Büge