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authorChristian Breunig <christian@breunig.cc>2025-01-02 22:24:47 +0100
committerChristian Breunig <christian@breunig.cc>2025-01-03 16:03:51 +0100
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Installation and Image Management
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+.. note:: This is most likely only relevant for virtual installations:
+ When installing VyOS ensure that the MAC address selected for your NICs is
+ not a locally administered MAC address. Locally administered addresses are
+ distinguished from universally administered addresses by setting (assigning
+ the value of 1 to) the second-least-significant bit of the first octet of
+ the address:
+
+ Example: ``02:00:00:00:00:01``, where the second-least-significant bit
+ (``02`` in hex) is set to ``1``.
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