RE: DLSW MAC ADDR Filtering and Masks

From: Barry J. Bocaner (barry@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Jan 16 2001 - 10:23:56 GMT-3


   
On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, Ronnie Royston wrote:

> dlsw icanreach mac-address 4000.3745.0000 mask ffff.ffff.ffff
> This command only includes the MAC address 4000.3745.0000. No other MAC
> addresses will pass this mask.

This is wrong -- don't ask me how I know!!

There is a lot of documentation out there that is wrong on this.

It *IS* an inverse mask.

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