From: Barry J. Bocaner (barry@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Jan 16 2001 - 16:00:19 GMT-3
On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Barry J. Bocaner wrote:
> mask mask
> (Optional) MAC address mask in hexadecimal h.h.h. The "f" value
> represents the "don't care" bit and the "0" value represents the
> "care" bit. The mask indicates which bits in the MAC address are relevant.
>
I'd just like to add that I think it is FREAKY that the router defaults to
a mask which would allow ALL mac addresses, but I beleive this is the way
it really works. I'm going to test this out after work today in my lab
and I'll let you know how it works.
Bottom line: BE CAREFUL!!
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Barry J. Bocaner
Sr. Network Engineer TruEdge Technologies
<barry@truedge.com> 703-573-9884 x 103
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