Friday, June 22, 2012

MAC ADDRESS

MAC (Media Access Control) aka Hardware Address is burned into every ethernet NIC.
48 bits (6 bytes in Hex).


MAC Fields

Bit Range Field Name Decimal Hex Info
47 (1 Bit) Individual/Group (Broadcast) 0 1 Indicates this MAC Address is a Broadcast or Multicast Address
0 Means this is a Device Address.
46 (1 Bit) Global/Local OUI 0 1 Indicates this is a locally governed OUI Address
0 Globally Administered IEEE OUI Address.
45-24 (22 Bits) OUI (Organizationlly Unique Identifier) 0 0 Company ID. Assigned by IEEE.
23-0 (24 Bits) Vendor/Maufacturer Assigned ID 0 0 Usually NIC SN.

Link to lookup OUI at IEEE
http://standards.ieee.org/develop/regauth/oui/public.html

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