Please feel free to ask if you have any questions, as my primary intention of posting this is to actually help you out. The whole idea is pretty tricky to understand at first (we've all been there), but once you figure out the parts and the role they play in the grand scheme, the more it starts to make sense. I've been reading your other questions on the topic, and it seems as though you are trying to wrap your head around this subject, and this was my best attempt at breaking it down logically. ESX Server then uses a MAC address generation algorithm to produce the other three bytes. Thus the first three bytes of the MAC address that is automatically generated for each virtual network adapter have this value. I am sorry if this is a pretty far out answer. The VMware OUI for automatically generated MAC addresses is 00:0C:29. Once you are on the same layer 2 domain (local), then you don't necessarily need routing and could in theory use just physical addresses. If you continue to have IP address errors even after performing the above troubleshooting, you should update your routers firmware. Update Your Router Firmware A faulty router can cause IP conflicts to occur more frequently and without warning. ![]() So, while your thoughts are on the right track, they are just not practical. You should see the IP you just entered, along with its MAC address next to it. It is now the post mans job to remember where the Blue house with the oak tree is. In your proposed method, as soon as the mail arrives at the post office, they replace the envelope with your full address to one with a description of your house on it. This is similar to ARP table, we have organized the houses into an easy to find and navigate index. In the conventional method, the post man would organize his deliveries by street, and go house to house delivering the mail. The post office the mail was sent from could care less about your oak tree. We will compare this with routing of IP over the internet. ![]() When someone is sending you a letter conventionally, the mail is routed to your local post office based on the full address. The blue one 4 house from the corner, with the big oak tree. Imagine this analogy:Īn IP address is like a fully qualified postal address: I. So lets forget for a second that all modern OS's are primarily based on IP/IPv6 and your suggestion would completely break everything.
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