From: Wright, Jeremy (JA_WRIGHT@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu Jun 13 2002 - 15:48:28 GMT-3
so is 01-80-C2-00-00-00 cisco specific?
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From: Edmund Roche-Kelly [mailto:edr9007@nyp.org]
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 1:36 PM
To: Wright, Jeremy
Cc: 'ccielab@groupstudy.com'
Subject: Re: STP Multicast
No, it's just a multicast mac address because the low order
bit of the first octet is 1. Layer 3 multicast addresses map
to a subset of layer 2 mac addresses by placing the low-order
23 bits of the group address into the low-order 23 bits of the
Ethernet multicast address 01-00-5E-00-00-00.
Ed
"Wright, Jeremy" wrote:
>
> I have read the following:
> "The destination MAC address uses the well known STP multicast address of
> 01-80-C2-00-00-00".
>
> I assume this is a standard within the STP domain meaning it doesnt matter
> if you are using Cisco equipment or not. Does anyone know if there is an
> exact multicast address assigned to that..ie 224.1.1.1 ?
>
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