> > Note that this is a perfectly valid configuration according to the > > Ethernet standards. > > Just curious: were the MAC addresses "globally unique"? (me talking > about the U/L bit in the MAC address).
Globally unique. The point here is that the Ethernet standards require a globally unique MAC address *per box*, not necessarily per interface. The "Sun way" of storing a MAC address in EEPROM and configuring all network cards with the same MAC address was perfectly compliant, just somewhat unusual. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sth...@nethelp.no -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
