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From: mckee@MITRE.ARPA (H. Craig McKee)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: ToasterNet (was Re: Running out of Internet addresses?)
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Date: 12 Dec 88 14:20:18 GMT
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 lts!amanda@uunet.uu.net (Amanda Walker) writes:

>This reminds me of a remark Gurshuran Sidhu made at an Apple networking
>conference a couple years ago.  He described Ethernet addresses as having
>been "designed to be intergalactically unique."

What was the rationale for 48-bit Ethernet addresses?  They are never
used beyond the "Local" Area Network; duplicate addresses at different
sites shouldn't matter.  Regards - Craig