Re: [PLUG] Comcast "OPEN IMMEDIATELY" but don't

[Jim Trocki <trockij@transmeta.com>]

On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 10, 2002 at 09:27:43AM -0600, leroy wrote:
> > nope, it's 6 bytes.  
> > 
> > [0-f][0-f] = 16 * 16 = 256 bits = 1 byte
> 
> Ah, yes, of course, because two bits gets you four values. And so
> on.
> 
> Next time I'll turn my brain on. Apologies.

i apologize for starting this thread, and i regret it :)

> At any rate, it *is* 12 bytes. You just (almost) never see the upper
> 6.

can i get a hit of what you're smokin'?

an ethernet address is 48 bits wide, which is 6 bytes, not 12. you must
be confusing the ascii/hex representation of those 6 bytes with the
actual thing.



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