Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!MATHOM.CISCO.COM!BILLW From: BILLW@MATHOM.CISCO.COM (William Westfield) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: Re: SLIP for IBM-PC Message-ID: <12354771588.11.BILLW@MATHOM.CISCO.COM> Date: Mon, 30-Nov-87 12:07:17 EST Article-I.D.: MATHOM.12354771588.11.BILLW Posted: Mon Nov 30 12:07:17 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 3-Dec-87 05:00:44 EST References: <8711301437.AA13757@clutx.clarkson.edu> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 12 Surely bootp can be made to recognize a serial line address as well as it does an ethernet address... Well, ethernet addresses are supposed to be unique in the world, so that the mapping from ethernet address to IP address is also unique. Is there any software readable equivilent for PCs? Say, something like the serial number combined with the computer type ? Bill Westfield cisco Systems. -------