Re: Using a MAC address as the Alias
Of course, there is nothing that prevents you from putting the mac address as a character string in the h323-ID. And it would work with existing versions of H.323 (and other vendors).
I don't see much benefits in adding yet another field.
-----Original Message----- From: Paul E. Jones [SMTP:paulej@PACKETIZER.COM] Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 08:21 To: ITU-SG16@MAILBAG.INTEL.COM Subject: Re: Using a MAC address as the Alias
Frank,
At first glance, it seems odd that one would want to report that to the GK. Certainly, it doesn't seem useful to report that though LRQ or other address resolution mechanisms. However, there are cases where it might be nice if the GK knew the MAC address-- especially since V4 now allows multiple endpoints to have the same alias. There are obvious benefits to having a unique alias in the list.
Paul
----- Original Message ----- From: frank.derks@philips.com To: paulej@PACKETIZER.COM Cc: ITU-SG16@mailbag.cps.INTEL.COM Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 3:00 AM Subject: Re: Using a MAC address as the Alias
Paul,
it's good to know that I am not the only person that considers the use
of a
MAC address as an "alias" as being useful. It therefore strikes me as
being
somewhat odd that this is not included in the massive amount of options
that
H.323 already has. Any ideas why this was never included?
Frank
paulej@PACKETIZER.COM@SMTP@MAILBAG.INTEL.COM on 07-06-2001 05:45:35 Please respond to paulej@PACKETIZER.COM@SMTP Sent by: ITU-SG16@MAILBAG.INTEL.COM To: ITU-SG16@MAILBAG.INTEL.COM@SMTP cc: Subject: Re: Using a MAC address as the Alias Classification:
Frank,
Yes, I have, and there are very valid cases for doing this.
Paul
----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Derks" frank.derks@PHILIPS.COM To: ITU-SG16@mailbag.cps.INTEL.COM Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 10:05 AM Subject: Using a MAC address as the Alias
Today, there are many possibilities for a H.323 User/Terminal to
register
with a GK. Many of these
Aliases are an alias for the user. When the MobileUIM structure is
used,
it is also possible to specify
an equipment identifier. Has anybody ever given any thought to the
possibility of specifying the MAC
address of Terminal as an Alias?
Regards,
Frank
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RE: Using a MAC address as the AliasFrancois,
The only advantage would be to tag it explicitly. Since h323-IDs are not defined in structure, if one really wants to use the MAC address for some concrete reason, we should consider a different alias type.
Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: Francois Audet To: 'Paul E. Jones' ; 'ITU-SG16@MAILBAG.INTEL.COM' Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 12:17 PM Subject: RE: Using a MAC address as the Alias
Of course, there is nothing that prevents you from putting the mac address as a character string in the h323-ID. And it would work with existing versions of H.323 (and other vendors).
I don't see much benefits in adding yet another field.
-----Original Message----- From: Paul E. Jones [SMTP:paulej@PACKETIZER.COM] Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 08:21 To: ITU-SG16@MAILBAG.INTEL.COM Subject: Re: Using a MAC address as the Alias
Frank,
At first glance, it seems odd that one would want to report that to the GK. Certainly, it doesn't seem useful to report that though LRQ or other address resolution mechanisms. However, there are cases where it might be nice if the GK knew the MAC address-- especially since V4 now allows multiple endpoints to have the same alias. There are obvious benefits to having a unique alias in the list.
Paul
----- Original Message ----- From: frank.derks@philips.com To: paulej@PACKETIZER.COM Cc: ITU-SG16@mailbag.cps.INTEL.COM Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 3:00 AM Subject: Re: Using a MAC address as the Alias
> Paul, > > it's good to know that I am not the only person that considers the use of a > MAC address as an "alias" as being useful. It therefore strikes me as being > somewhat odd that this is not included in the massive amount of options that > H.323 already has. Any ideas why this was never included? > > Frank > > > > > > paulej@PACKETIZER.COM@SMTP@MAILBAG.INTEL.COM on 07-06-2001 05:45:35 > Please respond to paulej@PACKETIZER.COM@SMTP > Sent by: ITU-SG16@MAILBAG.INTEL.COM > To: ITU-SG16@MAILBAG.INTEL.COM@SMTP > cc: > Subject: Re: Using a MAC address as the Alias > Classification: > > > Frank, > > Yes, I have, and there are very valid cases for doing this. > > Paul > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Frank Derks" frank.derks@PHILIPS.COM > To: ITU-SG16@mailbag.cps.INTEL.COM > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 10:05 AM > Subject: Using a MAC address as the Alias > > > > Today, there are many possibilities for a H.323 User/Terminal to register > with a GK. Many of these > > Aliases are an alias for the user. When the MobileUIM structure is used, > it is also possible to specify > > an equipment identifier. Has anybody ever given any thought to the > possibility of specifying the MAC > > address of Terminal as an Alias? > > > > Regards, > > > > Frank > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > For help on this mail list, send "HELP ITU-SG16" in a message to > > listserv@mailbag.intel.com > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > For help on this mail list, send "HELP ITU-SG16" in a message to > listserv@mailbag.intel.com > >
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