On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 11:04:22AM +0530, Martin C. Atkins wrote: > On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:20:51 -0700 Michael Zappe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > DECnet actually had a deterministic algorithm for assigning MAC > > addresses. You had an area number that was 6 bits, and a 10 bit node > > number. Then you appended this to AA:00:04:00 to get the MAC address. > > Multiple interfaces on the same machine all used the same MAC. > > Anyone know how vmware allocates its MAC addresses? They appear to > own a OUI, but what about the other bits?
I seem to recall they document it somewhere. In their help pages or online 'Knowledge Base'? DF
