Tuesday 14 November 2023

mac address formats

default: 1234.5678.90AB

IEEE 802/IETF: 12-34-56-78-90-AB


Unformatted: 1234567890AB

One byte 12:34:56:78:90:AB

Two byte 1234:5678:90AB


IP addresses were using dots

One byte 12.34.56.78.90.AB

two byte 1234.5678.90AB



Xerox made it and got 00-00-00

Cisco 00-00-0C

Next (later apple) 00-00-0F

Samsung 00-00-F0


MAC addresses are the address at L2

MAC addresses are possible to spoof so MAB sec not great


Some devices can't do MFA or 802.1x so MAC rules will be needed until devices get smarter.

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