07-29-2008 08:24 PM - edited 03-06-2019 12:31 AM
Hi,
A quick question. Do you see 01-00-0c-cc-cc-cc system MAC address as being broadcast or multicast?
I can find arguements to both, but I am interested to hear more opinions.
Thanks,
David
07-30-2008 12:15 AM
07-30-2008 12:16 AM
01-00-0C-CC-CC-CC 0x0802 CDP (Cisco Discovery Protocol), VTP (Virtual Trunking Protocol)
07-30-2008 03:56 AM
Hi,
You can directly look this up in the IEEE 802.3 standard documents. (Section 1, sub-section 3.2.3.1), to quote:
All 1's in the Destination Address field shall be predefined to be the Broadcast Address.
So, to answer the question, you can say that 01-00-0c-cc-cc-cc is definitely not a broadcast address (because it's not all 1's). However, as the I/G bit is 1 it is a group (or multicast) address. (The broadcast is a sub-type of multicast - but the reverse isn't true)
HTH
Andrew.
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