MAC address ranges safe for testing purposes (Locally Administered Address)
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/10/25
Similar to IP ranges for private networks that are safe for testing
- 10.0.0.0/8 (255.0.0.0)
- 172.16.0.0/12 (255.240.0.0)
- 192.168.0.0/16 (255.255.0.0)
- fd00::/8
there are also locally administered MAC address ranges safe for testing
- x2:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
- x6:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
- xA:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
- xE:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Thanks to [WayBack] Sam and [WayBack] Peter for answering.
–jeroen
References:
- Private network – Wikipedia
- [WayBack] virtualization – What range of MAC addresses can I safely use for my virtual machines? – Server Fault
- [WayBack] networking – “Private” MAC Address – Super User.
- [WayBack] MAC address – Wikipedia: Universal vs. local – Wikipedia (Locally Administered Address)
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