On Apr 1, 2013 1:54 PM, "Neil Bothwick" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:34:51 +0100, Kevin Chadwick wrote: > > > > What about USB network adaptors? A user may not even realise they > > > plugged it into a different USB slot from last time, yet the device > > > name changes. > > > > Fair point but wouldn't that be only if you plug in two of the same > > type that the names may switch? > > According to Flameyes' blog, if you have only one adaptor, its name will > change according to the port used, which is a rather different definition > of "persistent" than I have been used to. > > > -- > Neil Bothwick > > All mail what i send is thoughly proof-red, definately!
True, that. I still don't understand what's so bad with MAC-based identification? I mean, uniqueness defined through MAC Address identity, the system name is just a label... Rgds, --
