[AusNOG] RFC7278 - "Extending an IPv6 /64 Prefix from a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Mobile Interface to a LAN Link"

[Jeremy Visser]

On 03/07/14 07:43, Mark ZZZ Smith wrote:
> Ever thought about why MAC addresses are so big? Their primary
> function is to uniquely identify interfaces/hosts on a single link,
> and when the decision was made, the number of hosts on an Ethernet
> segment was limited to 1000. So a 10 bit rather than 48 bit address
> would have done the job.

Tell that to Huawei.