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Re: [PLUG] DSL "guaranteed" speed
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On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 11:59:10AM -0500, Gabe wrote:
>It'll only cause a conflict if you happen to be on the same ethernet
>segment. MAC addressing is only used on a "local" ethernet network.
>It doesn't pass routers. Oh, so I suppose you don't want to be on
>neighboring segments either. That would be a good way to *really*
>confuse a router--broadcast arp yourself as a MAC addr already on
>the other side. An intelligent implementation will ignore you. A
>foolish implementation will break hardcore. I'd lay money that Cisco
>routers do it right and Intel routers do it wrong. ;^>
I have this horrible premonition that someone is going to put your above theory to the test.
<G>
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