Wouter van Ooijen wrote:
> Note that the committee or whatever that hands out ethernet addresses is 
> equally unfriendly to small companies.

There's a workaround for that though -- Dallas Semiconductor make a variant of 
the DS2502 1-Wire EPROM that's pre-programmed with a MAC address. Technically 
the MAC address applies to the 2401 chip, but it's still a valid MAC address 
with the same "globally unique" properties...

"DS2502-E48: 48-bit Node Address Chip" -- 
<http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/3748>

$2.69 each in 1-off, $2.11 each in 25+, $1.74 each in 100+, either TSOC-6 or 
TO92-3 package. Relatively expensive, but it might be a better option than 
paying the IEEE OUI King's Ransom (tm)... :)

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