Using a MAC address as the Alias

Paul E. Jones paulej at PACKETIZER.COM
Thu Jun 7 16:35:01 EDT 2001


Paul,

Yes, that's a valid issue.  The arguments I've heard in support of this is
exactly as Frank had specified: it's intended to identify the physical
device, more than the logical endpoint.

Paul

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Long" <plong at IPDIALOG.COM>
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Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: Using a MAC address as the Alias


> pj,
>
> What about NICs serving multiple EPs? Wouldn't the EPs all have the same
MAC
> address? Maybe this configuration doesn't make sense, though, and
therefore
> isn't something to worry about.
>
> Paul Long
> ipDialog, Inc.
>
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> Subject: Re: Using a MAC address as the Alias
>
>
> And I should qualify that... unique so as to precisely identify the
device.
>
> pj
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul E. Jones" <paulej at PACKETIZER.COM>
> To: <ITU-SG16 at mailbag.cps.INTEL.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 11:20 AM
> 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
>
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