I've read anecdotal accounts that some NIC drivers default to 00:11:22:33:44:55 when an error occurs or when it's unable to determine/set the true Mac address, I didn't think that parallels would generate a fake nic though..
--- Justin Hao On Sep 28, 2010, at 2:39 PM, "Hanset, Philippe C" <phan...@utk.edu> wrote: > One more piece of info on the 00:11:22:33:44:55 weirdness: > > We have a user registered in NetReg with MAC address 00:11:22:33:44:55, > It is an Imac and was registered on our network in Parallels (browser > reference > is Windows NT 6.1). > > I wonder how many of these strange MAC addresses are generated by virtual > environments? > > On Sep 28, 2010, at 11:11 AM, Jeff Wolfe wrote: > >> We tracked one down yesterday and it turned out to be a Windows Mobile phone >> running Android. Decidedly not a MAC.. :) >> >> -JEff >> >> >> On 9/28/10 10:44 AM, Andrew Clark wrote: >>> I'm seeing them here at the University of Minnesota as well. Thanks >>> for the heads-up! I'll see what I can discover once I can get a hold >>> of one of these clients. >>> >> >> ********** >> Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent >> Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent > Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
