[e2e] use of MAC addresses

[Puddinhead Wilson]

Scale up for what?
Reachability and switching methods and end point
identifiers are all different topics.


--- Detlef Bosau <detlef.bosau at web.de> wrote:

> Puddinhead Wilson wrote:
> > --- Detlef Bosau <detlef.bosau at web.de> wrote:
> > 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Yes so why not carry out all transcations using
> that address?
> 
> IIRC, Joe discussed this before.
> 
> The routing algorithms simply do not scale up to
> millions of nodes when 
> you use a "flat" address room.
> 
> Detlef
> 
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