MAC Addresses
There are 4 sets of Locally Administered Address Ranges that can be used on your network without fear of conflict, assuming no one else has assigned these on your network:
Replacing x with any hex value.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address for more information.
Update 2014-10-27: one my reader notify me that some MAC OUI comply with rules above are used by some vendors. See example below:
Therefore I would always recommend to validate it at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ MAC_address#Bit-reversed_ notation
For example 02-00-00 is not used by anybody so you can most probably use it for internal purpose.
IP Addresses
Private network (internal)
10.0.0.0/8
172.16.0.0/12
192.168.0.0/16
Private network (service provider - subscriber)
100.64.0.0/10
There are 4 sets of Locally Administered Address Ranges that can be used on your network without fear of conflict, assuming no one else has assigned these on your network:
x2-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
x6-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
xA-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
xE-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
Replacing x with any hex value.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address for more information.
Update 2014-10-27: one my reader notify me that some MAC OUI comply with rules above are used by some vendors. See example below:
02-07-01 (hex) RACAL-DATACOM
02-1C-7C (hex) PERQ SYSTEMS CORPORATION
02-60-86 (hex) LOGIC REPLACEMENT TECH. LTD.
02-60-8C (hex) 3COM CORPORATION
02-70-01 (hex) RACAL-DATACOM
02-70-B0 (hex) M/A-COM INC. COMPANIES
02-70-B3 (hex) DATA RECALL LTD
02-9D-8E (hex) CARDIAC RECORDERS INC.
02-AA-3C (hex) OLIVETTI TELECOMM SPA (OLTECO)
02-BB-01 (hex) OCTOTHORPE CORP.
02-C0-8C (hex) 3COM CORPORATION
02-CF-1C (hex) COMMUNICATION MACHINERY CORP.
02-E6-D3 (hex) NIXDORF COMPUTER CORPORATION
Therefore I would always recommend to validate it at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
For example 02-00-00 is not used by anybody so you can most probably use it for internal purpose.
IP Addresses
Private network (internal)
10.0.0.0/8
172.16.0.0/12
192.168.0.0/16
Private network (service provider - subscriber)
100.64.0.0/10
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserved_IP_addresses for more information.
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