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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
