Re: [mif] Generalising PVD IDs

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Fri, 08 November 2013 02:15 UTC

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On 08/11/2013 15:00, Ted Lemon wrote:
> PVD IDs should be something that can somehow be displayed in a menu, like SSIDs.   It may be that that works by having a text version and a machine version, but there abide dragons.

Display is one thing, mnemonic is another. Are you thinking of something like

My_ISP_Lemon

or (say)

FD37:3467:3170:160:28cc:dc4c:9705:6681

   Brian