How can I get a Unicast Mac Address for a regular mac XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX?

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I presume that the vendor supplied router is fairly old and hence this trouble.

I want to set a static IP address for my media centre, though I have the regular MAC id, the router insists that I add a Unicast MAC address ex. 00E086710502.

Can any one suggest if there is a conversion website that I could use to translate the regular MAC id to Unitcast?

Many Thank!

what do you mean by regular MAC id? ... that would normally be the Unicast address — jsotola, Apr 19 '21 at 02:19
The Pi MAC is a Unicast MAC address (My Pi4 is dc:a6:32:02:23:24). — Milliways, Apr 19 '21 at 02:25
look at the least significant bit of the first MAC byte ... is it 0? it's unicast - see this table for clarity — Jaromanda X, Apr 19 '21 at 02:51

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 19 '21 at 02:30

Rather than attempting to set a Static IP Address (which does NOT involve the router - unless you are trying to reserve an IP Address on the router)

If you want your Pi to be assigned a predictable IP Address you can request the DHCP server to assign one. E.g.

interface eth0
request 10.1.2.98

Either way How to set up Static IP Address shows how to do it properly.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 25 '21 at 08:43

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This issue was resolved. Thanks you!

It was as simple as removing the:from the original (published MAC on the device) i.e. XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX >> XXXXXXXXXXXX (Unicast MAC address)

Thanks again for your support and advice.

answered Apr 25 '21 at 08:43

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How can I get a Unicast Mac Address for a regular mac XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX?

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