Re: what problem is solved by proscribing non-64 bit prefixes?

[Alexandru Petrescu <alexandru.petrescu at gmail.com>]

michael.dillon at bt.com wrote:
> > I'm aware of several IEEE link layers and none uses 64bit addresses. 
> > IEEE tries to have them all 48bit.  Even non-IEEE (like USB) 
> > tries to be 48bit.
>
> Have you ever heard of EUI-64?
> <http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/tutorials/EUI64.html>

Well yes, good pointer.

> One notable IEEE protocol which uses EUI-64 is Firewire (IEEE 1394). For
> more info see RFC 3146.

Thanks for this pointer too.  I must ack I've not experimented IPv6 nor 
IPv4 over Firewire.  Are there some implementations of IPv6 over Firewire?

Alex


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