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07-20-2010 08:00 AM - edited 03-06-2019 12:06 PM
hey i want to know that what is the difference between physical mac and virtual mac?where we use physical n where we use virtual?can we change our device physical mac?is possible then how?
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07-20-2010 09:10 AM
Hello,
Physical MAC addresses are the burned-in addresses on the hardware. Typically, this is bound by the IANA rules and each vendor will have a specific range that they can use.
Virtual MAC addresses are user configurable parameter that people use in the network for simplicity sake. Virtual MACs are used typically when you have a redundancy setup where all the redundant components will share the same virtual MAC. So, the network need to forward only one copy of the datagram to the virtual MAC and all corresponding components will process it.
Typical examples of use of virtual MAC:
HSRP setup
Server Load Balancing
Firewall Failovers
Hope this helps.
Regards,
NT
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07-20-2010 09:10 AM
Hello,
Physical MAC addresses are the burned-in addresses on the hardware. Typically, this is bound by the IANA rules and each vendor will have a specific range that they can use.
Virtual MAC addresses are user configurable parameter that people use in the network for simplicity sake. Virtual MACs are used typically when you have a redundancy setup where all the redundant components will share the same virtual MAC. So, the network need to forward only one copy of the datagram to the virtual MAC and all corresponding components will process it.
Typical examples of use of virtual MAC:
HSRP setup
Server Load Balancing
Firewall Failovers
Hope this helps.
Regards,
NT
