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IP: Re: SONY TO ASSIGN IP ADDRESSES TO ALL PRODUCTS: THE ASIABIZTECH NEWS FILE: Volume 187.3:04/27/01
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 16:46:40 -0400
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 12:15:45 -0700 To: farber () cis upenn edu From: Dave Crocker <dhc2 () dcrocker net> Subject: Re: IP: SONY TO ASSIGN IP ADDRESSES TO ALL PRODUCTS: THE ASIABIZTECH NEWS FILE: Volume 187.3:04/27/01 Dave, A fundamental problem with the article is that IP addresses cannot be pre-assigned to devices the way ethernet addresses are. That is because IP addresses are assigned by network topology. In other words the address is based on where the device is attached. There might be some IP address "enablement" that Sony plans, but it cannot be as definitive and permanent as the article declares. d/ At 11:58 AM 4/28/2001, you wrote:[NAB2001] SONY TO ASSIGN IP ADDRESSES TO ALL PRODUCTS Sony Corp. said that every product it manufactures for business or home use will have an assigned IP address.<http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/wcs/frm/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/news/129248>---------- Dave Crocker <mailto:dcrocker () brandenburg com> Brandenburg InternetWorking <http://www.brandenburg.com> tel: +1.408.246.8253; fax: +1.408.273.6464
From: Richard Fritzson <fritzson () cs umbc edu> To: farber () cis upenn edu 27/01 Does this make any sense? My understanding of IP addressing and routing is that a device's IP address is a function of the network it is plugged into. My laptop routinely acquires (via DHCP) different IP addresses during the day as I moveamong my home and several offices. Every ethernet-ready device manufactured already has a unique ethernet address. What is SONY up to? Rich Fritzson For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/
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