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Hi,
On Thu, May 07, 2020 at 03:39:07AM -0400, Francois-Xavier Le Bail via
tcpdump-workers wrote:
> What if the first nibble is <> de 4, 6, 1, 0, e.g. 'f' like the first f of
> ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff ?
This is, as far as I understand, the primary reason why control word
was added. Routers misinterpretation these packets due to MAC addresses
starting with "4" or "6".
gert
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feed honest figures into a computer, honest figures come out. Never doubted
it myself till I met a computer with a sense of humor."
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Gert Doering - Munich, Germany g...@greenie.muc.de
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