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#
-# /etc/manuf - Ethernet vendor codes
+# /etc/manuf - Ethernet vendor codes, and well-known MAC addresses
#
-# $Id: manuf.tmpl,v 1.6 2002/08/03 00:50:22 jmayer Exp $
+# $Id: manuf.tmpl,v 1.7 2002/09/09 19:38:09 guy Exp $
#
# Laurent Deniel <deniel@worldnet.fr>
#
@@ -39,10 +39,12 @@
# In the event of data set collisions the Ethereal entries have been given
# precedence, followed by Michael Patton's, followed by the IEEE.
#
-#
-#
# This file is in the same format as ethers(4) except that vendor names
-# are truncated to eight characters when used with Ethereal.
+# are truncated to eight characters when used with Ethereal, and
+# that well-known MAC addresses need not have a full 6 octets and may
+# have a netmask following them specifying how many bits of the address
+# are relevant (the other bits are wildcards). Also, either ":", "-",
+# or "." can be used to separate the octets.
#
00:00:00 00:00:00 # Officially Xerox, but 0:0:0:0:0:0 is more common