Legal MAC address

[igorschein]

Hi,

I would like to know the meaning of the 1st byte of MAC address. All NIC MAC addresses I've ever seen start with 00 or 08. I tried setting MAC address of my machine to 01:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX, and I lost TCP/IP connection. The only clue I got was a message on the network switch, which indicated that this MAC address was recognized as multicast. Is there a way to work around? I need MAC address to start with 01 in order for node-locked license to work.

Thanks

Igor

 

[bluetongol]

hi,

i am not yet sure about the thing which you are
trying to set-up but what i am pretty sure is that
you can not change the MAC address of your NIC.

MAC address is a predefined number which is assigned
by manufacturers to their NIC products. those numbers
indicate the manufacturer's code (e.g. 3com=03, cnet=32,
etc.), manufacturing date, and other control numbers..

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