Re: DLSw reachability; Ethernet MAC addresses

From: Dale Shaw <dale.shaw_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:34:43 +1100

Hi Tyson,

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Tyson Scott <tscott_at_ipexpert.com> wrote:
> That is because the MAC's are transposed. You need to convert from
> non-canonical to canonical.
>
> Here is an old archive that shows how to do this process.
>
> http://www.mail-archive.com/cisco@groupstudy.com/msg11230.html

That did the trick. The 'show dlsw' outputs show MACs in non-canonical
form. When converted, I can trace the MACs the usual way.

I can't figure out if this is less or more annoying than 'show ip
cache flow' showing transport layer (port) information in hex.

cheers,
Dale

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