Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B UNSW 1.0 3/14/84; site elecvax.SUN Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!mulga!munnari!basser!elecvax!stephenf From: stephenf@elecvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.lan Subject: Re: Ethernet addressing Message-ID: <230@elecvax.SUN> Date: Thu, 7-Jun-84 13:20:14 EDT Article-I.D.: elecvax.230 Posted: Thu Jun 7 13:20:14 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Jun-84 00:29:05 EDT References: <1329@uvacs.UUCP> <1429@cbosgd.UUCP> Organization: EE and CS, Uni of NSW, Sydney, Australia Lines: 18 I agree that using the serial number of dollar bills is a nice idea. But if you want really unique addresses, rather than just unique within the USA, you would have to get everyone to agree on what country's currency to use. Otherwise if someone used several boards manufactured in different countries in the one Local Area Network, there would be the possibility of a conflict. Yes, there is life outside America. Stephen Frede University of New South Wales Australia ...!decvax!mulga!stephenf:elecvax PS - our dollar bills are being replaced with dollar coins. We'd have to use two dollar bills.