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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
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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

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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