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eesun_276598
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Dec 01, 2017

MAC masquerade address

Hi MAC masquerade address could be any one except one used already in the F5? as it is local effective. Thanks  
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eesun_276598
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Dec 01, 2017

thanks for your reply. right. I guess making change to 02 of the first hex could make it absolutely unique address. Can you tell why?

 

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    Dec 01, 2017

    First half of the MAC is vendor hardware, 02 is reserved so never hard set by a vendor so should make it unique.

     

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    eesun_276598
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    Dec 01, 2017

    thank you