diff -r e2fe1c30eb3a utils/bench-mac48.cc
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/utils/bench-mac48.cc	Thu Apr 29 14:56:16 2010 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#include <iostream>
+#include <vector>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "ns3/mac48-address.h"
+
+using namespace ns3;
+
+int main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    Mac48Address ad1, ad2;
+
+    if (argc < 2)
+    {
+        std::cerr << "usage: bench-mac48 NUM_REPETITIONS" << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    int numRepetitions = atoi (argv[1]);
+    
+    volatile bool a;
+    
+    for (int repetition = 0; repetition < numRepetitions; ++repetition)
+    {
+        a = ad1 < ad2;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
diff -r e2fe1c30eb3a utils/wscript
--- a/utils/wscript	Sun Apr 25 11:37:50 2010 -0400
+++ b/utils/wscript	Thu Apr 29 14:56:16 2010 +0100
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@
                                  ['internet-stack', 'csma-cd', 'point-to-point'])
     obj.source = 'print-introspected-doxygen.cc'
 
+    obj = bld.create_ns3_program('bench-mac48', ['node'])
+    obj.source = 'bench-mac48.cc'