3Com 32x Network Router User Manual


 
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If you experience a problem or receive an error message that is not
documented in Table 4-4, contact your network supplier.
The MAC address of the system does
not appear on the token ring network.
The MAC address on the network is in noncanonical format.
The MAC address encoded on the EEPROM and printed on the label
is in canonical format and needs to be converted to noncanonical
format. Each byte, represented by the number pairs below, consists
of 8 bits. To convert the canonical byte 1A (in hexadecimal) to the
noncanonical byte, you must mirror the bits, as shown.
The MacAddrConvert command converts a MAC address in
canonical format to noncanonical format. For example, if you enter:
MacAddrConvert 0800021A4B5C
The system displays the following:
%10004058D23A
Table 4-4 Troubleshooting the Token Ring Connection (Models 327 and 527 only) (continued)
Symptom Cause and Action
1A
0001 1010
58
0101 1000
=
08 00 02 1A 4B 5C canonical (least significant bit first)
is converted to
10 00 40 58 D2 3A noncanonical (most significant bit first)
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