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On Apr 1, 2013 1:54 PM, "Neil Bothwick" <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:34:51 +0100, Kevin Chadwick wrote: |
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> > > What about USB network adaptors? A user may not even realise they |
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> > > plugged it into a different USB slot from last time, yet the device |
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> > > name changes. |
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> > Fair point but wouldn't that be only if you plug in two of the same |
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> > type that the names may switch? |
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> According to Flameyes' blog, if you have only one adaptor, its name will |
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> change according to the port used, which is a rather different definition |
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> of "persistent" than I have been used to. |
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> Neil Bothwick |
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> All mail what i send is thoughly proof-red, definately! |
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True, that. |
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I still don't understand what's so bad with MAC-based identification? I |
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mean, uniqueness defined through MAC Address identity, the system name is |
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just a label... |
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Rgds, |
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