IP: SONY IP assignments

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:58:12 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> To: dhc2 () dcrocker net
>
> Dave {Crocker},
>
> Hi.  I'm not so sure that they'll care too much about topology at that level
> (especially if they really plan to use IPv6).  I'll bet they intend that all
> such devices would be operating within the Sony "cloud" or would access the
> outside world only through their gateways.  A similar philosophy seems to
> have taken hold with cell phones.  My WAP-enabled phone came with a
> pre-assigned IP address, which wasn't simply set when the phone was
> activated (the IP address was actually part of the serial #/barcoded info
> on the side of the box, assigned apparently at the same time as the phone's
> permanent ESN).
>
> --Lauren--



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