On 3/22/09 7:00 PM, Joe Hildebrand wrote:
> 
> On Mar 21, 2009, at 2:39 AM, Helge Timenes wrote:
>>> I agree that "mac" is more general-purpose.
>> Well "mac" is maybe also too general?
> 
> Agree.  Either "nic" or "ethernet" are fine with me.
> 
>> Would "nic" be appropriate? In any case a bit of prose would be needed
>> to explain its usage
> 
> That's fine.  How about:
> 
> The "nic" type is an indication to the location server of the link layer
> (Media Access Control) address of one of the Network Interface
> Controllers (NICs) associated with the client sending the request.  Most
> commonly, this will take the form of a 48-bit ethernet address formatted
> in six colon-separated groups of two hexadecimal digits, in transmission
> order.   Some location servers may be able to use this information to
> query network elements through which the client is connected in order to
> deduce location data.

WFM.

Peter

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