23 Oct
2009
23 Oct
'09
16:29
James Knott wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
fe80::/10 - Link local, those-MAC-derived addresses, at least for Ethernet. It uses a mechanism knows as SLAAC to come up with, at least on Ethernet, theoretically unique address.
Reuse of MAC ranges has been heard of.
That's only an issue if dupes appear on the same local network, otherwise, the address, as a whole, is still unique.
To clarify, that should be "the IP address, as a whole, is still unique". -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org