Conversion of Ethernet MAC addresses to Token Ring MACs
The conversion must be done byte to byte. I will explain you with an example:
1. 4000.0000.0001 is the mac address to convert
2. Put the address in a byte form: 40-00-00-00-00-01
3. Get the bytes and convert them to binary.
3.1 For example the first byte: 0100 0000
3.2 Change the bit order: 0000 0010
3.3. Convert to hexadecimal: 02
The other bytes are always converted to 00
3.4 The last byte: 01=0000 0001
3.5 1000 0000
3.6 80
So the final hex mac converted is: 02-00-00-00-00-80.
Passed to cisco convention: 0200.0000.0080
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