Questions tagged [mac-address]
For questions about Media Access Control (MAC) address which is used as the OSI layer-2 address for many OSI layer-2 protocols.
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cache lookup algorithm that can be simulated in MATLAB [closed]
summary: I have a table with IP and corresponding MAC address. I am looking for ways to find the entry (row) for the IP address given in query(testing this in MATLAB). What are some lookup algorithms ...
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Can a host from different subnet bypass the network mask validation of destination host and communicate on layer 2?
I am aware that a host will always check the subnet of the destination node before the transmission in order known if it has to send it to the gatewey for different subnet.
However, would it be ...
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A Group MAC address as Source? [closed]
Why would a residential CPE sends a frame using a Group MAC address as source?
Thx in advance for insight,
LSc
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Forwarding and routing table for host [duplicate]
I'm new to computer networking and from what I've studied, I've understood that
Forwarding tables map MAC addresses to ports. So they are used by switches.
Routing tables map IP to IP ..they define ...
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Why do WiFi bridges replace the source MAC Address with their own?
Ive read quite a bit about the issues i currently have with my Aruba WiFi Bridge 501 and the failure of DHCP going through, and as far as i can tell the issue is that the bridge replaces the MAC of ...
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Unknown device mac address listed in switch table on start out
After playing a little bit with a topology randomly created in packet tracer, I figured out that the switch (Switch0) stores a unknown device mac address on start out, wich I think that it belongs to ...
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Filter Packet PPPoE Discovery
i have a sw nexus
i have a router BGN with vlan 50 is going to sw then mode access to Client 1 and Client 2
BNG ==== SW1 == PORT1 =Client 1 (Mode access vlan 50)
PORT2 =Client 2 (...
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Multiple mac adrress on one cisco switch interface
How can i config Multiple mac address on one cisco switch interface?
(I have 3 laptops and i connect only one laptop every time(I switch between them), and i want to config only one interface with the ...
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How to block unknown MAC addresses in OpnSense
I'm dealing with an OPNSense router, at the moment I already configured the DHCP server to provide IPv4 addresses only to a legitimate list of fixed MAC addresses and I want to block every unknown MAC,...
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decoupling of network and link layer addresses
can you pls help me understand what the instructor is trying to convey in the following slide.
from what I understand:- network address and link address are independent in the protocol layers but ...
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How do hosts subscribe to multicast addresses?
So I am having a hard time finding materials online that explains how multicast address are set.
I understand what unicast is: Basically one to one communication. In this scenario, an address ...
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Will the switch itself interfaces store in the MAC address table?
I have a topology like this:
the port and mac address map:
Mac address Interface
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aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa - pc1
bb:bb:bb:bb:bb:bb - pc2
cc:cc:cc:cc:cc:cc - sw1_ac
dd:...
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Does a PC have a MAC address table?
I have a network topology like this:
We know switch has MAC address table, but does the PC have MAC address table? I know PC have ARP table in Windows I can use arp -a display all the arp information ...
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Why can't we assign MAC addresses on our own?
Mac addresses are used in networks, not in internetworks. So, why to not create a protocol, that will automatically assign to connected devices MAC address in that way, so they don't repeat in network?...
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What is the least possible separation of two NICs with the same MAC address?
Suppose you have two NICs with the same MAC address, but not necessarily the same IP address. What is the least possible separation (in terms of number of switches, routers, different IP subnets etc.) ...
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How do hosts filter broadcast signals in wireless network?
In bus/hub network, hosts check the destination address of every broadcasted packet they receive and accept it if they are the destination, otherwise they ignore it. Do we use the same principle in ...
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2 machines can have the same link-local address, in the correct context. What context?
I don't get in what context multiple interfaces/machines can have the same link-local address. Thanks in advance.
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Is it possible to access 127.0.0.xxx in anyway [closed]
So I've been configuring my network at work. We've got a lot of devices from NAS servers to Dante AoIP devices.
While configuring some of my devices I managed to set the IP adress of one device to ...
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Is an IP address necessary for a gateway?
When a IP sends something to another host outside the same subnet, it constructs a packet (L3) with the target IP being the IP of the target host, but the frame (L2) has the destination address = ...
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Why is default gateway in routers configuration usually set as an IP address?
I mean why not just:
a MAC address? It should eliminate the need in ARP requests asking for gateway address. Also it should eliminate the need in changing IP addresses in settings when gateway IP is ...
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What allows Pulse Secure to prefix MAC Addresses used for DHCP proxying with 55:4E?
I've been looking at traffic logs generated by a Pulse Secure appliance (formerly Juniper Pulse Secure) and have noticed that when the appliance generates a MAC Address it prefixes that address with ...
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How to discover a host when you don't know its mac, ip and subnet?
I have a network switch and I don't know its ip nor mac address nor even subnet. I need to get all this information.
Yes, there are tools like nmap and arp-scan, but the problem is they all need an ...
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How to determine BSSID from MAC Address
As I know BSSID is derived from MAC Address, but I have no idea how it is derived and what pattern is used. Since there might be multiple BSSIDs from a device, I want to get all the BSSID that could ...
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How to extract destination MAC from PCAP? [closed]
I have PCAPs collected at the Raspberry Pi (from this paper). I want to extract the following headers:
Ether header (3)
IP header (12)
TCP header (10)
UDP header (4)
Then convert the PCAP into csv....
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How to get IP address of device from its MAC address on network?
Though it seems possible duplicate of this question. But the need to ask this question again is to simplify the scenario and the demands to just finding the IP address of the device.
The network in ...
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Understanding EUI-64
I was reading Forouzan's book. It says following:
In IPv4 addressing, there is not a specific relation between the hostid (at the IP level) and link-layer address (at the data-link layer) because ...
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152 bit hardware address in dhcp binding?
When listing MAC addresses on a Cisco ISR DHCP service, I get a long list of hardware addresses, one per IP address, but for one IP I get an address so long it runs onto three lines. The other ...
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Why the first octet of a MAC address always end with a binary 0?
I stumbled upon a piece of code on GitHub: https://github.com/adeverteuil/bash-ula-generator/blob/master/gen-ula.sh
# Generate an EUI64 from the MAC address
# as described in RFC 3513
# https://tools....
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How data travel from a node to a destination IP address? [duplicate]
Let's say I have a lot of devices which connect to a single switch, and the switch itself connects to a router which provide Internet connection.
Whenever an application on a node needs to ...
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Does a router send its own mac address or the mac address of the user?
When a request is made, does the router send its own mac address or the mac address of its user? Does it send the mac address at all?
My specific case is the following: I am getting a 4g sim card to ...
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Is it possible to propagate MAC address back to sender?
Let me first to tell me what I know, please correct me if I am wrong.
I know when Ethernet frame travels across the internet then Layer 3 data (Source and Destination IP) remains same and Layer 2 ...
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Cisco Nexus 6k mac move detection not working
My device is cisco Nexus 6001 Chassis (one unit dc switch)
# show version
...
kickstart: version 7.2(1)N1(1)
system: version 7.2(1)N1(1)
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I've configured mac move detection:
# conf t
# mac ...
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Broadcast Timer [duplicate]
This question is regarding in the process of L2 MAC Address learning.
As we know, if a sender sends a packet to some receiver host which switch doesn't know, it will broadcast for learning.
Assume an ...
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Different MAC addresses [closed]
What happens if a host on the network receives an IP packet with a MAC source address that differs from the MAC address in the local ARP table for that source IP.
The ARP table entry for that IP was ...
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What happens when a switch receives a packet with an unknown source MAC address?
The CAM table cannot be populated with the source address so other action must be taken. Is the switch going to drop the packet?
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How can I search for MAC addresses on local network without referencing any IP addresses [closed]
I think there is an IoT device on my network that has lost its IP address or IP address has been corrupted by a power surge. I want to scan MAC address to see if it is still 'hiding' on my network. I ...
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Is destination MAC address is always end point MAC address? [duplicate]
To simplify if the destination is on a separate network would the source still does ARP request or does it uses default GW's MAC as destination MAC?
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Is this possible (NAT??)
I have a device on another network, say it's IP is 10.1.1.1
I want to ping it from my own network, say host 192.168.1.1, but I want to ping an address in my local segment to do so,so 192.168.1.2.
Is ...
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Confusions regarding byte and bit ordering of Ethernet Frame
I understand the concept of Endianess regarding numbers because there the bit significance is well defined. But when applied to things like Ethernet frame or Mac address, things are so clear to me, ...
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ARP table updated when receive message
I'm studying networking and I have a question about when an ARP table should update.
Consider this scenario:
Host A has the MAC address of host B in its ARP table.
Host B's ARP table is empty.
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ARP behaviors between hosts connected via switches
In a scenario like the following, where different hosts are connected via switches only, I'm not sure how the ARP packets will look like when A wants to send an IP packet to B.
I assumed all the ...
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Setting Destination MAC address for RTP/UDP packets
I have a requirement where I have to send the UDP packet to a destination multicast IPv6 address. In addition to that the packets must also have corresponding destination multicast MAC address set. I ...
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Finding MAC address with OUI List
I'm in the process of labeling the interfaces of my Cisco 3750G with descriptions referencing the device type that is associated with that port.
I understand that I am able to run a show mac address-...
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Getting the IP Address from a device
I got some kind of "router" from another department and they want to know the IP address.
I connected it for "testing" purpose on the switch at our place. I know the switch and port its connected to ...
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Why would a switch ever send an ARP request for a MAC address when it can just wait for the first packet to be received from a device?
I've been reading 'Windows Networking Fundamentals' and in that book it says that a switch can learn what MAC address is associated with a particular port when the connected device makes its first ...
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Why the ARP packet contains values like “Physical Address length” etc?
From what i know,MAC addresses are made of 48 bits,while IPv4 addresses are 32 bits
Why are there these header fields?
Are there MAC addresses with more or less 48 bits?
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Is IP an abstraction
If packets "hop" from network device to network device across networks using MAC addresses, resolved by ARP, does this suggest that IP is essentially an abstraction?
By abstraction, I mean, the ...
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MAC Address Filtering Fortinet v6.0
I am having trouble configuring mac filtering. I do not use DHCP but am trying to figure out a way to set a mac address on a port and create a rule to block that specific mac address. So when I try ...
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Obtaining packet switch-port information via a mirrored port?
When sampling a mirrored port of a switch, is there any means of determining the switch-port information of the packet?
Since Ethernet packets do not contain this information, I assume the answer is ...
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Mac Address Flapping and switches
Is mac address flapping the reason why switches don't exchange switching information just like routers exchange routing information?
