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aehchua · 03-08-2023

I gave a take home exam using packet tracer. A number of students made exactly the same mistake and all of them have the same MAC addresses in the VLAN beginning with 0001.43a4.8401. There's a difference between SUSPECTING cheating and PROVING chea...

aehchua · 03-08-2023

I have satisfied myself that PKT generates random MAC. Students are admitting to cheating and asking for another chance. I can see the merits of what you are saying, but the logistics of marking an assignment like you envision is difficult. I have to...

aehchua · 03-08-2023

Okay, I have concluded to MY satisfaction that they are unique. I ran stats on 50 students in my class and I found every MAC address series was unique except:0001.43a4.8401 (16 students)0009.7c23.b301 (4 students)0001.c7e6.ee01 (2 students)who are n...

aehchua · 03-08-2023

Do not understand specify port. The question has students set up a network with a layer 3 switch and a bunch of layer 2s. The ports used on the layer 3 are specified- gig 1/1/1 to 1/1/3 are fiber gig and 1/0/1 to 1/0/5 are copper gig. The topology is...

aehchua · 03-08-2023

They each are using a personal instance of packet tracer. I don't run a server.

aehchua · 03-08-2023

So does packet tracer generate random MAC addresses or draw from a limited pool?I have 50 students. I am looking at their scripts. Most have distinct MAC addresses, and some don’t. Is this packet tracer, or cheating?I’ll run some stats on the distrib...

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