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j30046616
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Oct 12, 2023

MAC Masquerade

Hi Guys , i have a question about this article https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K3523,  is it a mandatory to add 02 to mac address ? can it be for example 03? i tryied to add to traffic group and...
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Mohamed_Ahmed_Kansoh
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Oct 12, 2023

Hi j30046616 , 

I tried to break this rule before of flipping ( second-to-last bit from 0 to 1 ) and it didn't work.

It's not depending only adding 02 hex , it's just a shorthand way to create a unique one. 

If you look at the second example: 

 it just follows the rule of of flipping ( second-to-last bit from 0 to 1 )