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From: james@umcp-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.lan
Subject: Re: Ethernet addressing
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Date: Mon, 21-May-84 00:44:55 EDT
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If I've got this right, ethernet addresses are 48 bits long, and of those
48, the first 32 comprise a 4-byte manufacturer code assigned to the
manufacturer (Interlan, say) by the people who rule ethernet (Xerox, am
I right?).  The last 16 bits are assigned (uniquely) by the manufacturer.

  --Jim