On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 10:46 PM, David Newman <dnew...@networktest.com> wrote: > On 2/3/10 7:38 PM, Dave Donovan wrote: > >> As for getting the new MAC, you can pretty much make it up. > > "Pretty much" is the operative term here. Some MAC address space is > reserved for multicast (always beginning with 01:00:5E) and locally > administered addresses (where the second bit of the first byte is set). > > But as long as high-order bits 0 and 1 of the MAC address' first byte > are 0, and the addresses you choose aren't already in use on the same > network, you should be fine.
Thanks for that. My instinct was to stay away from the first half of the address and change the latter bits but I wasn't aware of those particulars. I thought the first part indicated only the manufacturer. Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: support-unsubscr...@pfsense.com For additional commands, e-mail: support-h...@pfsense.com Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
