Re: [coLinux-users] Networking: NSIS installer fails to configure tap correctly.

[Henry N. <hen...@ar...>]

  On 10.08.2010 17:45, Mike Mestnik wrote:
> On 8/9/2010 5:00 PM, Henry Nestler wrote:
>> I hope 00:18:8B:26:42:84 is an number you have self created, and not
>> exist on any card. Better you should start with 02, not with 00 there.
>> 00 can be real hardware. 02 can never be a real hardware, it's defined
>> as "controlled by user". So, 02:18:8B:26:42:84 would be be better for
>> you.
>>
> My understanding is that the first 3 octets indicate the vendor, are you
> indicating that 02:xx:yy indicates a vendor-less address?

Setting the bit 1 is in first byte a sing, that you manually control 
this MAC in a local network. Never of real hardware cards have set this bit.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address#Address_details

-- 
Henry N.