Hey esp-team
Maybe you can help me:
I want to have an UUID for each esp. Therefore I think the MAC address (6 byte = 54 bit = 2^54 possiblites) is necessary.
But how unique is this MAC address really?
In some cases of other vendors the MAC address is splitted in vendor id and address id. Then this 2^54 possiblites would be much fewer.
The question: Is the MAC address a real random uuid number or are there any dependencies which makes this possiblites fewer.
Thank you very much
MAC ID, real UUID?
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Re: MAC ID, real UUID?
The MAC is globally unique and not random, as it's given out sequentially to each ESP32/ESP8266/.... Espressif (and on a higher level, the IANA and the companies that bought address blocks from them) make sure that there are no devices with the same MAC anywhere in the world.
Re: MAC ID, real UUID?
All right. Thank you
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