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Hi again,
On Mon, Apr 26, 1999 at 09:58:12PM -0400, Steve Gonczi wrote:
> In a nutshell:
>
> An MS RAS server will send "fake" DHCP client requests to acquire addresses
> for its outdial modem pool.
> If you note the first 4 characters of the MAC address you will notice the it
> is "R" "A" "S" " "...
> This is legit. However, if the RAS server gets shut down, it will not
> remember the addresses it already has, and will request another set.
> Further, it is easy to mis-configure a Windows box, so that it runs RAS by
> accident.
OK, but my question is: why the MAC address is so weird
(52:41:53:20:90:e6:7f:a0:bb:8d:be:01:01:00:00:00)? Does the DHCP protocol
allow for generic MAC addresses, i.e. MAC addresses of any length?
Well, I find this very reasonable because it is a way of making DHCP
independent of the network hardware used (Token Ring, Ethernet,
ARCNet, etc.).
peloy.-
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