> If y'all think that's a > Real Problem, and > > not just an academic oddity, let us know and we'll take it under > > advisement. (For extra credit: Devise an algorithm which constructs > > world-unique virtual MAC addresses. Answers will be graded based on > > originality and legibility.)
Q&D method is to allow user assigned MAC addresses. This gets a bit sticky in that this operation should probably only be permitted in a directory entry to avoid spoofing something important (ie, J. Random Bozo doing a DEF VNIC with the MAC address of something important, like your default router for the guest LAN). > Also, will these MAC's be consistent? Normally, were I to > use DHCP in this > environment, I'd want to be able to always assign machine > "foo" the same > IP address, the easiest route is 'foo' always has the same MAC. See above. You'd have to invent some method of coordinating them, but we have to do that with IP addresses as well, so it's not significantly harder. -- db
