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Re:Why couldn't MAC addresses be used instead of IPv4|6 for ... by neild on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @03:49PM (#4292674)
That's pretty much exactly what IPv6 with stateless autoconfig does--network address in the upper 64 bits, MAC address (slightly modified) in the lower 64.
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