FIELD: physics, communication.
SUBSTANCE: invention concerns communication systems. The access knot uses function of mapping of addresses for mapping of each initial MAC-address to one of set of locally controllabled virtual MAC-addresses, and back. Six senior bits of the first octet of the address are used for definition of field for addresses, second on a seniority the younger bit of the first octet specifies, that the address is locally controllabled MAC-address, the second and third octets of the address are used for instructions of use corresponding to the device. Last three octets of the address specify in organizational appropriated unique MAC-address for the device. Additional functions of mapping of addresses can map initial addresses from various radiants on the same network of report Ethernet at maintenance of uniqueness of each virtual MAC-address.
EFFECT: betterment of mechanism of assignment of MAC-addresses.
15 cl, 8 dwg
