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> 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.).
The DHCP packet allows for a hardware type code, a length, and up to
16 bytes of address. In the case of a RAS server, it must be setting
giaddr, or there'd be no way to get the response back to it - the MAC
address in the packet is normally used to unicast responses to
clients that are on the local network.
_MelloN_
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