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From: romkey@ASYLUM.SF.CA.US (John Romkey)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Reply to Ethernet Address Uniqueness...
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Date: 6 Oct 90 16:38:17 GMT
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   Date: 5 Oct 90 19:09:22 GMT
   From: decwrl!lll-winken.llnl.gov!rogue.llnl.gov!oberman
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   They code the 6 bytes of the
   Ethernet address into the system's NSAP (OSI address).

What a great idea. So if you change your ethernet card, your machine's
address changes too?
			- john romkey
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