Re: mac conversion

From: Fred Ingham (fningham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Sat Apr 07 2001 - 21:39:21 GMT-3


   
David: MAC filters in DLSW always use the non-canonical form. This is
the address you would see in the reachability cache. Convert host
ethernat addresses, don't convert host token-ring addresses.

Cheers, Fred

David Anderson wrote:
>
> I have my lab in a couple of weeks and just wanted to make sure I am clear
> on something...
> I understand how to convert canonical to noncanonical and vice versa. I
> just want to make sure that the time to use this is when DLSW automatically
> converts mac addresses to noncanonical form. You want to make sure you are
> filtering for the actual mac address vs. the DLSW converted mac address, or
> the other way around ....well you know what I mean.....am I right??
> Thanks,
> David



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