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How to recognise a Broadcast MAC address application?

The MAC address FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF is a special one reserved for broadcast messaging. The frames which are routed to such address are supposed to reach all the hosts connected to the network.

Broadcast MAC address

Here are some common applications of the broadcast address. They strictly depend on the EtherType field.

EtherType Application Reference
0x0600 XNS packets https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1060

http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt
0x0800 IP (e.g. RWHOD via UDP) as needed https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1060

http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt
0x0804 CHAOS https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1060

http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt
0x0806 ARP (for IP and CHAOS) as needed https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1060

http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt
0x0BAD Banyan https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1060

http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt
0x1600 VALID packets https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1060

http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt
0x8035 Reverse ARP https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1060

http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt
0x807C Merit Internodal (INP) https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1060

http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt
0x809B EtherTalk https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1060

http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt
0x9001 3Com (ex Bridge) Name Service https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1060

http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt
0x9002 3Com PCS/TCP https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1060

http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt

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