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Why is EUI-48 to EUI-64 conversion deprecated, and yet it's used in IPv6?

I think I figured out an example of when an OUI-36's EUI-48 converted to EUI-64 can conflict with another EUI-64. The IEEE wording may be very exactly designed to point out that the conflict happens ...
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Why is EUI-48 to EUI-64 conversion deprecated, and yet it's used in IPv6?

How is it possible that there could ever be a duplicate EUI-64 when using this algorithm, assuming all parties correctly and completely follow the IEEE standards? There are 32,768 (including locally ...
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What is hiearchy of IP addresses?

IP addresses are hierarchical for delegation only. You can add bits to a delegated prefix, breaking it into smaller subnets which can then be used or re-delegated. You cannot use that information for ...
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