"Mansur, Warren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have need to generate a globally unique ID between nodes. I think that using the lowest MAC address on the node is a pretty good solution. This is similar to what layer-2 bridges do when they implement spanning-tree. In practice, this works well. Yes, there are certain MAC address ranges that can be "reprogrammed". You'll have to decide if this is a show-stopping issue for you. --kevin -- Kevin D. Clark (CetaceanNetworks.com!kclark) | Cetacean Networks, Inc. | Give me a decent UNIX Portsmouth, N.H. (USA) | and I can move the world alumni.unh.edu!kdc (PGP Key Available) | ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
