Garsh Gene, thanks. You're too kind.
Mike Copeland
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [NF] Cable Modems & TV Co' & 2nd IP???
From: Gene Wirchenko <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: 1/16/2014 12:50 PM
At 13:04 2014-01-15, Mike Copeland <[email protected]> wrote:
The MAC is just a random, long, "serial" number in essence that each
It is 24 bits long and usually expressed as six hexadecimal digits.
manufacturer applies to their device as it is produced. It's kind of
"burned" into the device hardware BIOS code. (Although most devices
of that type will allow for MAC spoofing where you can tell the
device what MAC address to respond with. But you can't have two
devices, with the same MAC, connected to the same cable drop...won't
work.)
How the manufacturers keep from having duplicates is, as far as I
know, due to the length and randomness of the number...or maybe
they're assigned number ranges. I dunno.
Manufacturers are assigned ranges.
This is a technical group. Kindly do not make stuff up.
[snip]
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
[excessive quoting removed by server]
_______________________________________________
Post Messages to: [email protected]
Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox
OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech
Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox
This message:
http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected]
** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the
author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added
to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
