matthews@alux2.ATT.COM (John Matthews) (03/15/89)
Can someone tell me if there is some sort of list that says what manufacturer uses what ethernet addresses? I have noticed that for the most part all suns have a leading 8:0:20:?:?:? and that other machines do the same. What I am looking for is a list that will give some indication as to what type of machine it might be by just looking at the ethernet address. Thanks, John Matthews matthews@research.att.com
pvo1478@neptune.uucp (Paul O'Neill) (03/15/89)
In article <234@alux2.ATT.COM> Matthews@Research.ATT.COM (John Matthews) writes: > >Can someone tell me if there is some sort of list that says what >manufacturer uses what ethernet addresses? ................ > ftp pprg.unm.edu get pub/rfc/ethernet_vendor_addrs It's dated 6/18/88 and has 45 entries. Paul O'Neill pvo@oce.orst.edu Coastal Imaging Lab OSU--Oceanography Corvallis, OR 97331 503-754-3251
SOL@SRI-NIC.ARPA (Sol Lederman) (03/16/89)
John, The IEEE Standards Office, the folks who sell the Ethernet vendor codes (leading 24 bits of address) won't distribute any list of codes. What they are willing to do is if you give them a number they'll tell you if the number is registered (it's supposed to be in all cases) and they will contact the manufacturer and only if the manufacturer agrees to be identified will IEEE let the two of you communicate. Apparently enough manufacturers value their privacy. Some folks on this list have their own lists of numbers they've been able to identify without IEEE help. Hopefully somebody will email you a copy. Let me know if you want a contact at IEEE Standards. Sol -------
beau@ultra.UUCP (Beau James {Manager-SW Development-Ultra Network Tech.}) (03/16/89)
Can someone tell me if there is some sort of list that says what manufacturer uses what ethernet addresses? I have noticed that for the most part all suns have a leading 8:0:20:?:?:? and that other machines do the same. What I am looking for is a list that will give some indication as to what type of machine it might be by just looking at the ethernet address. The official list is maintained by Xerox. Every vendor who makes Ethernet interfaces is supposed to apply to Xerox for a range of Ethernet numbers, which the vendor then assigns uniquely to each new controller built. If everyone follows the rules, then all Ethernet addresses will be unique. Unfortunately, some systems assign the Ethernet address in software, or allow you to override the Ethernet address assigned to the controller. So global uniqueness is not guaranteed in practice, even when the vendors followed the rules. I don't know the contact address at Xerox, but the information is included in the DEC-Intel-Xerox Ethernet spec documents, if you can locate one of those. Beau James beau@ultra.COM Ultra Network Technologies