Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!princeton!rocksvax!rocksanne!dw From: dw@rocksanne.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: Who issues Ethernet numbers now? Message-ID: <224@rocksanne.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Dec-86 12:47:52 EST Article-I.D.: rocksann.224 Posted: Thu Dec 11 12:47:52 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Dec-86 18:59:07 EST References: <402@cernvax.UUCP> Organization: Xerox: Webster Research Center, Rochester, NY Lines: 68 Keywords: Ethernet Summary: The IEEE now issues these numbers. In article <402@cernvax.UUCP>, jmg@cernvax.UUCP (jmg) writes: > ...who now issues Ethernet 48-bit unique-on-earth > numbers? We originally got a set from Xerox, but I believe it is no > longer them. There have been several queries about this lately, so I "asked around" and learned the following. [Please note that I am not associated with the group within Xerox that handles these matters (they're 3000 miles west of here). Please address further questions to the sources listed in the message] Hope someone finds this helpful, /Don ---------------------------------- From: Thompson Don- With the adoption of IEEE 802.3 10BASE5 as the successor standard to the Ethernet standard the address assignment responsibilities were transferred to IEEE. IEEE 802.3 10BASE5 is in the final process of adoption by ISO as international standard ISO IS 8802/3. Responsibility for address assignment would normally pass from IEEE to ISO at the time that that happens. It is my understanding that while "responsibility" will pass, administration will not expected to. That is, IEEE will most likely act as the contracting agency for ISO for passing out address numbers. There has been a resolution in ISO to this effect which is headed for ballot and expected to pass. It should be noted that the scope of addresses has gotten considerably wider. All 802 LAN standards now have 48 bit addresses drawn from a single pool. Xerox still does type field assignments since the type field did not make it into the IEEE standard. The address for IEEE is: Secretary, IEEE Standards Board 345 East 47th Street New York, NY 10017 The address for type number assignments from Xerox is: Ms. Pam Cance Xerox Corporation M/S SVHQ506 475 Oakmead Parkway Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Pam should be reachable over the Arpanet at: Cance.osbunorth@Xerox.com. For anybody who has mail gateway access to Xerox her address would be: Cance:OSBU North:Xerox Hope this helps. Geoff -- "I smell catastrophe upon the wind..." "That's just my breath." --Bloom County Don Wegeng Wegeng.Henr@Xerox.COM seismo!rochester!rocksanne!dw