>>> Geolocation via topologically defined addresses is silly. Why do we >>> care about fixing it? >> >> i was not aware that bssid/macs were topologically assigned. i thought >> they were mfr based. i guess slaac can be used to confuddle the two. :) > > A fair hit, but topologically- or physical device- based are > both broken solutions IMNSHO. I understand that the IETF NOC > has to deal with it pragmatically, but let's not imagine that > there's any real fix for intrinsic breakage. we have a text database of our bssid/macs. we could prod the geoloc provider to pull it and the new location. would need authentication, authorization, etc. of course. randy