Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 12:57:41 +0200 From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bridges Message-ID: <86y85eesbe.fsf@xps.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20050930095649.GK72352@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> (Peter Jeremy's message of "Fri, 30 Sep 2005 19:56:49 %2B1000") References: <200509241525.16173.max@love2party.net> <20050924192237.GP40237@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> <20050928102153.GA86457@comp.chem.msu.su> <20050928032933.G16027@xorpc.icir.org> <20050928184731.GA72352@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> <20050928231409.GB38338@squash.dsto.defence.gov.au> <20050930095649.GK72352@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
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Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> writes: > Some versions of Solaris with some NICs (definitely Solaris 8 with > Cassini NICs) associate a MAC address with the host, rather than the > NIC. I'm less certain of the rationale for this. Traditionally, Sun boxen had 48-bit serial numbers which they used as MAC addresses on all interfaces. I believe this MAC-per-host setup is what the Ethernet inventors originally intended. Sun now uses off-the-shelf components to a much larger degree than they used to, so most of their stuff is now MAC-per-interface. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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