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Re: Network Problems



On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 02:45:07PM +0000, Darac Marjal wrote:

> So, what about locally-created Ethernet devices (e.g. Virtual Machine
> interfaces, or devices without a burned-in MAC address)? For these,
> you don't need to apply for your own OUI. The MAC address standard
> states that if the second-least-significant bit of the first octet is
> 1, then the whole MAC address is "locally administered". Thus, if your
> MAC address starts with "x2", "x6", "xA" or "xE" (where x is any
> digit), then it is locally-adminsitered and, in theory, it is up to
> you to ensure uniqueness (at least, unique within the boundary of your
> Ethernet domain).

Also x3, x7, xB and xF - but those should only be used for multicast
addressing.

Cheers,
Tom

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