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From: Bart Samwel <bart@samwel.tk>
To: "linux-os (Dick Johnson)" <linux-os@analogic.com>
Cc: Greg Scott <GregScott@InfraSupportEtc.com>,
	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com>,
	Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Simon Mackinlay <smackinlay@mail.com>
Subject: Re: Router stops routing after changing MAC Address
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:40:33 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4416ABB1.8020802@samwel.tk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0603131730100.5785@chaos.analogic.com>

linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Mar 2006, Greg Scott wrote:
> Bzzzzst... Not! There are not any MAC addresses associated with any
> of the intercity links, usually not even in WANs!  MAC is for
> Ethernet! Once you go to fiber, ATM, T-N, etc., there are no MAC addresses.

Bzzzzt. According to WikiPedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address

MAC addresses are used for:

- Token ring
- 802.11 wireless networks
- Bluetooth
- FDDI
- ATM (switched virtual connections only, as part of an NSAP address)
- SCSI and Fibre Channel (as part of a World Wide Name)

FDDI = fiber, ATM = ATM.

--Bart

  reply	other threads:[~2006-03-14 11:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-03-13 22:15 Router stops routing after changing MAC Address Greg Scott
2006-03-13 22:35 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-03-14 11:40   ` Bart Samwel [this message]
2006-03-14 12:52     ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-03-14 23:57   ` Valdis.Kletnieks
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-03-16 18:32 Greg Scott
2006-03-14 15:30 Greg Scott
2006-03-14 12:12 Simon Mackinlay
2006-03-13 20:57 Greg Scott
2006-03-13 21:39 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-03-13 21:50   ` Rick Jones
2006-03-13 17:17 Greg Scott
2006-03-13 18:00 ` Stephen Hemminger
2006-03-13 20:27   ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-03-13 22:10     ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-03-14 14:16     ` Bjørn Mork
2006-03-16 16:07   ` Chris Wedgwood
2006-03-16 17:55     ` Stephen Hemminger
2006-03-13 12:15 Greg Scott

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