On Tue, 2 May 2000, Tim Coleman wrote:
> Isn't there a problem with this in that it is possible (although not
> necessary all that likely) for two nics to have the same MAC address?
My understanding on this was that it's not possible... the first byte or
two is assigned to a manufacturer and the rest is supposed to be unique
within that manufacturer. So all MAC addresses should be unique.
Matt Dharm
-- Matthew Dharm Home: mdharm@one-eyed-alien.net Senior Engineer, QCP Inc. Work: mdharm@qualcomm.comHey, has anyone seen the Microsoft sales guy? It's his feeding time... -- Mike User Friendly, 4/17/1998
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