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| | Here you'll find a compilation of resources related to the DeepMAC project including the broad topic of hardware addresses. | | Here you'll find a compilation of resources related to the DeepMAC project including the broad topic of hardware addresses. |
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| − | === MAC Basics ===
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| | MAC is short for Medium Access Control (sometimes Media Access Control) and was coined in the years after Xerox developed Ethernet technology (mid 1970's). It's part of the data link layer of an Ethernet connection, providing addressing and channel access with whatever hardware is in use. Without a MAC address, it is impossible for two devices to communicate with any Ethernet-based technology (just about everything in our modern world). | | MAC is short for Medium Access Control (sometimes Media Access Control) and was coined in the years after Xerox developed Ethernet technology (mid 1970's). It's part of the data link layer of an Ethernet connection, providing addressing and channel access with whatever hardware is in use. Without a MAC address, it is impossible for two devices to communicate with any Ethernet-based technology (just about everything in our modern world). |
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| | To this day, the IEEE is still the sole and only agency on Earth with the authority to reserve MAC address space. | | To this day, the IEEE is still the sole and only agency on Earth with the authority to reserve MAC address space. |
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| − | ==== Terminology ====
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| | OUI refers to Organizationally Unique Identifier, the portion of a MAC address which indicates who it was reserved for. | | OUI refers to Organizationally Unique Identifier, the portion of a MAC address which indicates who it was reserved for. |
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| | Ethernet Address is generally interchangable with MAC address when referring to Ethernet technology. | | Ethernet Address is generally interchangable with MAC address when referring to Ethernet technology. |
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| − | === Ethernet Codes ===
| + | == Ethernet Codes == |
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| | As Internet growth begain to explode in the 1990's, there was a need for technicians to understand what different parts of a MAC address meant (which for certain network technologies could be different than others), and how to deal with this "new thing" in existing networks. The link below is a famous archive of information that still has remarkable relevance to some today. | | As Internet growth begain to explode in the 1990's, there was a need for technicians to understand what different parts of a MAC address meant (which for certain network technologies could be different than others), and how to deal with this "new thing" in existing networks. The link below is a famous archive of information that still has remarkable relevance to some today. |
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| | [https://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-ieee-rac-oui-restructuring-01.txt IEEE RAC OUI Restructuring (RFC)] | | [https://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-ieee-rac-oui-restructuring-01.txt IEEE RAC OUI Restructuring (RFC)] |
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