Mystery MAC address

Fri Jul 8 17:12:28 UTC 2022

Technically the right most is multicast bit, the 2nd right most is locally
assigned, it doesn't imply randomisation, it is unknowable how it was
assigned.

On Fri, 8 Jul 2022 at 20:07, Brandon Svec via NANOG <nanog at nanog.org> wrote:

> I think that is a randomized address. Look at the second character in a
> MAC address, if it is a 2, 6, A, or E it is a randomized address.  Per
> https://www.mist.com/get-to-know-mac-address-randomization-in-2020/
> *Brandon Svec*
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 9:24 AM JoeSox <joesox at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have something I have never seen before and was wondering if anyone in
>> the community has seen something like this?
>>
>> So some active directory accounts are getting locked intermittently and I
>> had to do some sniffing and I have an IP address showing up in a non-used
>> subnet 10.1.2.x
>> And it shows an unrecognized MAC address. This virtual machine is in a
>> Nutanix environment.
>>
>> I am trying to figure this out without bringing in paid outside help.
>> Thanks in advance for any responses.
>> c2:ea:e4:c5:57:e6
>> is the MAC in question. I don't fully understand this request. 10.1.2.18
>> is the mystery ip that doesn't ping, 10.1.3.9 is the DC.
>> AD Audit provides nonexistent machines making the requests and even blank.
>> "User account 'Administrator' was locked from computer ''."
>>
>> [image: image.png]
>>
>> --
>> Thank You,
>> Joe
>>
>

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