RE: [Xen-users] uniq mac address generator

["Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Timo Benk [mailto:timo.benk@xxxxxx] 
> Sent: 13 April 2007 15:00
> To: Petersson, Mats
> Cc: trilok nuwal; Xen list
> Subject: RE: [Xen-users] uniq mac address generator
> 
> On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:40:45 +0200, "Petersson, Mats" 
> <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >  
> > 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Timo Benk [mailto:timo.benk@xxxxxx] 
> >> Sent: 13 April 2007 14:34
> >> To: trilok nuwal
> >> Cc: Petersson, Mats; Xen list
> >> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] uniq mac address generator
> >> 
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> > But How i can insure that mac geneareted by this script will
> >> > be uniq in whole world. Some body in the same network also
> >> > might use the same script
> >> > and can get the same  mac as i am .
> >> 
> >> You can add a little python to your config files. That way
> >> you can bind the MAC to the vmid parameter. The vmid
> >> code is directly extracted off the example configuration.
> > 
> > But that's CERTAINLY doesn't make it unique, unless you 
> also make sure
> > the rest of the numbers that make up the MAC address are 
> unique to the
> > world. I also think you need to restrict your VMID to 0..255 in some
> > way, such as "and 255" or "modulo 256". [Don't know for 
> sure how you do
> > that in Python].  
> 
> Well, i don't think that the intention of the original author 
> was to ensure
> worldwide uniqueness.
> 
> But with the skript you can ensure unique MAC-Adresses inside 
> you network.
> 
> By changeing the prefix you can run multiple Domain-0s, each 
> with a uniq
> MAC-Adress space.

Yes, but if you start/restart/save/restore/migrate your domain(s)
sufficient number of times (and implement the modulo, otherwise you'll
just end up with a "badly formed mac-address"), you'll have a collision
every 256 VMid's. 

--
Mats
> 
> I don't see any advantage in generating word-wide unique 
> MAC-Adress, however.
> 
> Greetings,
> -timo
> -- 
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