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Re: [Xen-users] dynamic MAC address assignment

To: "Fong Vang" <sudoyang@xxxxxxxxx>
From: "Ulrich Windl" <ulrich.windl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:54:29 +0200
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Delivery-date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 01:55:09 -0700
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On 26 Oct 2006 at 22:46, Fong Vang wrote:

> How does Xen generate dynamic MAC address?  How does it guarantee
> there's no address collision in a switched network?

It's random, no guarantee: Just as in nature: A man had four children, all 
girls 
(while the probability is around 0.5 for each). Likewise for random numbers...

Regards,
Ulrich

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