> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gino LV. Ledesma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 5:06 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [plug] Networkd Hardware Address Reading
>
>
> >> set-ups, would the hardware address still be unique given
> that they port
> >> swap using the same IP Address? By port swap, I mean the
> way of using the IP
> >> address one at a time, only removing the socket and
> transferring it to
> >> another box of the same setup.
> >
> > the MAC address is guaranteed unique. think of it as
> something like the
> > PIII serial number.
>
> Pardon my ignorance, but when you say MAC does it mean Mac
> (brand) or is it
MAC - Media Access Control, stays in Data Link Layer (Layer 2 of OSI)
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