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what about 48 bits?
- Subject: what about 48 bits?
- From: franck at genius.com (Franck Martin)
- Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 10:40:14 +1200 (FJT)
- In-reply-to: <6663229.798.1270505936926.JavaMail.franck@franck-martins-macbook-pro.local>
----- "Valdis Kletnieks" <Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:26:53 EDT, "Patrick W. Gilmore" said:
> > I'm 3COM, I made ISA 10Base2 / 10Base5 cards in the 90s. I run out
> of
> > MAC addresses. Instead of going to get more - if I even can! - I
> > recycle those MAC addresses
>
> There were several cases of production run errors from multiple
> vendors,
> where the MAC address went 14, 15, 16, 17, 17, 17, 17, *thwack*, 18,
> 19....
And to make the problem worse, they are likely to end up in the same shop, and you get them when you purchase several of them.