Does anyone know how to apply for a MAC address prefix? I have searched
    the web but can't seem to find anything pointing me in the direction of
    someone to talk to.

http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/index.shtml

It's called the "Organizationally Unique Identifier" (OUI) in official
circles.


    For those who are curious, all Ethernet hardware (in theory) should have
    a unique MAC address. It consists of a prefix, which is assigned to the
    manufacturer, and an id which is like a serial number.

The same OUI is (can be) used for all IEEE protocols (and some other ones
too, I think.)  Your token ring/FDDI interfaces can/should use the same OUI
as your ethernet/fast ethernet/gigabitethernet interfaces (of course, some
of the OUIs end up bit-swapped...)

BillW

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