On Sun, 4 Apr 2010 11:10:56 -0400 David Andersen <[email protected]> wrote:
> There are some classical cases of assigning the same MAC address to every > machine in a batch, resetting the counter used to number them, etc.; unless > shown otherwise, these are likely to be errors, not accidental collisions. > > -Dave > > On Apr 4, 2010, at 10:57 AM, jim deleskie wrote: > > > I've seen duplicate addresses in the wild in the past, I assume there > > is some amount of reuse, even though they are suppose to be unique. > > > > -jim > > > > On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 11:53 AM, A.B. Jr. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Lots of traffic recently about 64 bits being too short or too long. > >> > >> What about mac addresses? Aren't they close to exhaustion? Should be. Or it > >> is assumed that mac addresses are being widely reused throughout the world? > >> All those low cost switches and wifi adapters DO use unique mac addresses? > >> Sun, for one, used to assign the same MAC address to every NIC in the same box. -- John
