On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:36:56 +0900 Adrian Chadd <adrian@creative.net.au> wrote:
On Fri, Dec 28, 2007, Mark Smith wrote:
Once I realised that IPv6's fixed sized node addressing model was similar to Ethernet's, I then started wondering why Ethernet was like it was - and then found a paper that explains it :
"48-bit Absolute Internet and Ethernet Host Numbers" http://ethernethistory.typepad.com/papers/HostNumbers.pdf
Question. Whats the ethernet 48-bit MAC space usage atm? Does anyone have a graph showing an E-Day? :)
Apparently there's a foreseeable one, hence EUI-64s. Novell'll have to extend their IPX node addressing to 64 bits. Regards, Mark. -- "Sheep are slow and tasty, and therefore must remain constantly alert." - Bruce Schneier, "Beyond Fear"