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| | Token Ring Secrets |
 | | In previous versions of the standard, the least significant 14 bits of the first two bytes of the address were defined as the ring ID, allowing hierarchical addressing (a practice that is now discouraged). |
 | | Therefore, the following sets of locally administered addresses should be used with care: X'40 00 xx xx xx xx', X'7F FF xx xx xx xx', X'C0 00 xx xx xx xx', and X'FF FF xx xx xx xx' (where x is any hexadecimal value). |
 | | Here's the rub: When using locally administered addresses in these ranges, it is possible for the Duplicate Address Test to fail when another station is using an address that only differs by the first bytes. |
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