I have it on good authority that IANA reserved this block for private use (in the same way that IANA reserved IP 192.168.X.X for private use), but can't find documentation. Anyway if you accidently reproduce mac address on your subnet go to Las Vegas immediately. :) On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Eble, Dan wrote: > Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 12:28:19 -0400 > From: "Eble, Dan" <DanE@aiinet.com> > To: "'rich+ml@lclogic.com'" <rich+ml@lclogic.com>, > sandy pond <sandy_pond@myrealbox.com> > Cc: linux-net@vger.kernel.org > Subject: RE: Public MAC address range > > OUI 00005E is assigned to the IANA. Have they given permission to assign > these addresses locally? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: rich+ml@lclogic.com [mailto:rich+ml@lclogic.com] > > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 12:11 PM > > To: sandy pond > > Cc: linux-net@vger.kernel.org > > Subject: Re: Public MAC address range > > > > > > 00005E > > > > On Sun, 3 Aug 2003, sandy pond > > wrote: > > > > > Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2003 11:03:59 -0600 > > > From: sandy pond <sandy_pond@myrealbox.com> > > > To: linux-net@vger.kernel.org > > > Subject: Public MAC address range > > > > > > I'm developing a custom protocol using some raw Ethernet > > devices and Linux. > > > > > > I am aware of public IP ranges (e.g. 198.168.0.0/24). > > > > > > Is there similar ranges for MAC addresses? I've googled and I can't > > > find any info. The first three octets are supposed to be > > assigned by > > > manufacturer. Is there some general practice for assigning MAC > > > addresses when you don't have manufacturer codes? > > > > > > > > > - > > > : send the line "unsubscribe > > linux-net" in > > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > > > > > - > > : send the line "unsubscribe > > linux-net" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
