Bug 70 – Eui48Address and Eui64Address are pretty un-intuitive names

Bug 70 - Eui48Address and Eui64Address are pretty un-intuitive names


Summary:	Eui48Address and Eui64Address are pretty un-intuitive names

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	ns-3
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	network
Version:	pre-release
Hardware:	PC Linux

Importance:	P1 blocker
Assigned To:	ns-bugs

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Reported:	2007-08-20 09:07 UTC by Mathieu Lacage
Modified:	2008-07-01 13:32 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Mathieu Lacage 2007-08-20 09:07:09 UTC

despite being official IEEE names, the users I talk to look at me in a weird way when they see this. 

Proposal: rename to the IEEE-deprecated-but-vastly-more-meaningful Mac48Address and Mac64Address

Comment 1 Tom Henderson 2007-08-20 22:09:35 UTC

+1 (EUI can be in the API documentation)

Comment 2 Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro 2007-09-13 05:51:06 UTC

I saw a commit today about this; fixed?

Comment 3 Mathieu Lacage 2007-09-13 06:34:37 UTC

fixed