Re: mac.c - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Larry Rosenman
Subject Re: mac.c
Date
Msg-id 200007232049.e6NKnPp05374@lerami.lerctr.org
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In response to Re: mac.c  (Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>)
Responses Re: mac.c  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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> > My concern is what do we use to store the first 3 octets of the
> > macaddr into the table or how to do the partial match on an existing
> > macaddr type.
> 
> I had tried to respond to this earlier. For some reason, my new dial-in
> drop "can not find" some, but not all, mail addresses. Yours is
> apparently on the "can't find" list, as is Jan's (yahoo.com *is* pretty
> obscure :/
Hmm.  What ISP?  (I work for mine, and may be able to help them...). 


> 
> Anyway, tables are good, and we can make a function/operator pair which
> compares mac addresses on manufacturer only. Should be pretty easy.
> Shall we get started?
OK, but what do we put into the table as the key?  just a 
3 octet version of the OUI, or a full 6 octet, and use the function?

Thanks for the help.  

> 
>                      - Thomas


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