How to recognise MAC address application?
Some MAC addresses and their ranges are reserved for specific use cases by their vendors. Such addresses typically indicate what higher-level protocol is encapsulated in a frame.
Our MAC Address API outputs a field called macAddressDetails.application. If it detects that a vendor or standard is using the MAC address, it outputs a list of applications. Otherwise, it outputs an empty array.
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- What is EtherType?
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- How to recognise a Broadcast MAC address application?
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- How to recognise an IP frame by MAC address?
- How to recognise a MPLS multicast frame by MAC address?
- How to recognise a Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) on Link Aggregation Group (LAG) interfaces by MAC address?
- How to recognise Token Ring specific functions by MAC address?
- How to recognise an AppleTalk protocols by MAC address?
- How to recognise a TRILL protocols by MAC address?
- How to recognise an IEEE 802.1X MAC address application?
- How to recognise an ISO 9542 ES-IS protocol's MAC address application?
- How to recognise an IANA MAC address application?
- How to recognise a Cisco's MAC address application?
- How to recognise an ITU-T's MAC address application?
- How to recognise Digital Equipment Corporation's MAC address application?
- Wireshark notes
Other MAC address applications
The following MAC address ranges have no their dedicated pages yet.
| Range or Prefix | Application | Conditions | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03:00:00:01:00:00 to 03:00:40:00:00:00 | User-defined (per 802 spec) | EtherType is 0x0802 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 01:00:1D:00:00:00 | Cabletron PC-OV PC discover (on demand) | EtherType is 0x0802 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 01:00:1D:42:00:00 | Cabletron PC-OV Bridge discover (on demand) | EtherType is 0x0802 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 01:00:1D:52:00:00 | Cabletron PC-OV MMAC discover (on demand) | EtherType is 0x0802 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 01:00:3C:00:00:00 to 01:00:3C:FF:FF:FF | Auspex Systems (Serverguard) |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
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| 01:00:10:00:00:20 | Hughes Lan Systems Terminal Server S/W download | EtherType is 0x0802 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 01:00:10:FF:FF:20 | Hughes Lan Systems Terminal Server S/W request | EtherType is 0x0802 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 01:00:81:00:00:00 | Synoptics Network Management |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
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| 01:00:81:00:00:02 | Synoptics Network Management |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
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| 01:00:81:00:01:00 | Bay Networks (Synoptics) autodiscovery | EtherType is 0x0802 SNAP type is 0x01A2 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 01:00:81:00:01:01 | Bay Networks (Synoptics) autodiscovery | EtherType is 0x0802 SNAP type is 0x01A1 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 01:20:25:00:00:00 to 01:20:25:7F:FF:FF | Control Technology Inc's Industrial Ctrl Proto. | EtherType is 0x873A |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 01:80:24:00:00:00 | Kalpana Etherswitch every 60 seconds | EtherType is 0x0802 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 01:DD:00:FF:FF:FF | Ungermann-Bass boot-me requests | EtherType is 0x7002 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 01:DD:01:00:00:00 | Ungermann-Bass Spanning Tree | EtherType is 0x7005 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 03:00:00:00:00:10 | OS/2 1.3 EE + Communications Manager | EtherType is 0x80D5 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 03:00:00:00:00:40 | OS/2 1.3 EE + Communications Manager | EtherType is 0x80D5 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 03:00:00:00:01:00 | OSI All-IS Multicast | EtherType is 0x0802 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 03:00:00:00:02:00 | OSI All-ES Multicast | EtherType is 0x0802 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 03:00:00:80:00:00 | Discovery Client | EtherType is 0x0802 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 03:00:FF:FF:FF:FF | All Stations address | EtherType is 0x0802 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 09:00:0D:00:00:00 to 09:00:0D:FF:FF:FF | ICL Oslan Multicast | EtherType is 0x0802 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 09:00:0D:02:00:00 | ICL Oslan Service discover only on boot |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
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| 09:00:0D:02:0A:3C | ICL Oslan Service discover only on boot |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
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| 09:00:0D:02:0A:38 | ICL Oslan Service discover only on boot |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
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| 09:00:0D:02:0A:39 | ICL Oslan Service discover only on boot |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
|
| 09:00:0D:02:FF:FF | ICL Oslan Service discover only on boot |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
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| 09:00:0D:09:00:00 | ICL Oslan Service discover as required |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
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| 09:00:1E:00:00:00 | Apollo DOMAIN | EtherType is 0x8019 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 09:00:02:04:00:01 | Vitalink printer messages | EtherType is 0x8080 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 09:00:02:04:00:02 | Vitalink bridge management | EtherType is 0x8080 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 09:00:4C:00:00:0F | BICC Remote bridge adaptive routing (e.g. to Retix) | EtherType is 0x0802 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 09:00:4E:00:00:02 | Novell IPX | EtherType is 0x8137 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 09:00:6A:00:01:00 | TOP NetBIOS |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
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| 09:00:7C:01:00:01 | Vitalink DLS Multicast |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
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| 09:00:7C:01:00:03 | Vitalink DLS Inlink |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
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| 09:00:7C:01:00:04 | Vitalink DLS and non DLS Multicast |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
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| 09:00:7C:02:00:05 | Vitalink diagnostics | EtherType is 0x8080 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 09:00:7C:05:00:01 | Vitalink gateway | EtherType is 0x8080 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 09:00:7C:05:00:02 | Vitalink Network Validation Message |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
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| 09:00:09:00:00:01 | HP Probe | EtherType is 0x8005 or 0x0802 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 09:00:09:00:00:04 | HP DTC | EtherType is 0x8005 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 09:00:26:01:00:01 | Vitalink TransLAN bridge management | EtherType is 0x8038 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 09:00:39:00:70:00 | Spider Systems Bridge |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
|
| 09:00:56:00:00:00 to 09:00:56:FE:FF:FF | Stanford reserved |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
|
| 09:00:56:FF:00:00 to 09:00:56:FF:FF:FF | Stanford V Kernel, version 6.0 | EtherType is 0x805C |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 09:00:77:00:00:00 | Retix Bridge Local Management System | EtherType is 0x0802 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 09:00:77:00:00:01 | Retix spanning tree bridges | EtherType is 0x0802 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 09:00:77:00:00:02 | Retix Bridge Adaptive routing | EtherType is 0x0802 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 09:00:87:80:FF:FF | Xyplex Terminal Servers | EtherType is 0x0889 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 09:00:87:90:FF:FF | Xyplex Terminal Servers | EtherType is 0x0889 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| 44:38:39:FF:00:00 to 44:38:39:FF:FF:FF | Multi-Chassis Link Aggregation (Cumulus Linux) |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
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| FF:FF:00:40:00:01 | LANtastic | EtherType is 0x81D6 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| FF:FF:00:60:00:04 | LANtastic | EtherType is 0x81D6 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
| FF:FF:01:E0:00:04 | LANtastic | EtherType is 0x81D6 |
http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt |
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