Re: Strange MAC address

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Am Mon, 2003-05-19 um 20.27 schrieb Maciej Soltysiak:
> Hi,
> 
> > MAC=00:a0:cc:28:56:c4:00:09:b6:13:9a:7c:08:00
> There are 12 octets here, so it is:
> Source MAC: 00:a0:cc:28:56:c4:00
> Dest   MAC: 09:b6:13:9a:7c:08:00
Unfortunately this is not fully correct. The first 12 octetts are the
MAC addresses. The last two specify the protocol. All in all it is the
*whole* ethernet header:
Source MAC 00:a0:cc:28:56:c4
Dest MAC   00:09:b6:13:9a:7c
Protocol   08:00  (see RFC894)

Cheers,

Ralf
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