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pmg

Private MAC Generator. Randomly create locally administered MAC addresses.

SYNTAX POSIX

pmg [-h] [-u] [-n] [[-r] <integer>] [[-s] <string>] [[-c] <string>]

SYNTAX GNU

pmg [--help] [--unique] [[--range] <integer>] [[--separator] <string>] [[--case] <string>]

USAGE

POSIX GNU NOTES Overrides Accepted Values Default
-h --help Displays help message. All None None
-u --unique Generates a single MAC address. -r/--range. None None
-n --noSeparator Generates a MAC address or prefix without a separator. -s/--separator None None
-r --range Generates a MAC prefix for a range of private addresses. None 1, 2, 3 1
-s --separator The separator used for the MAC address. None :, -, . :
-c --case The case the hexadecimal letters are shown in. None l, u, lower, upper l, lower

Range Notes

Range refers to how many octets to use to generate your private MAC prefix.
Octets Assignable Addresses
1 255
2 65536
3 16777216

EXAMPLES

pmg -u                  Provides a single MAC address: xxxxxxxxxxxx
pmg -r 2 -c u -s :      Provides a MAC prefix of:  XX:XX:XX:XX
pmg -s -                Provides a MAC prefix of:  xx-xx-xx-xx-xx

REMARKS

Providing incorrect values for arguments will result in use of default value for that argument.
Example:  pmg -r 5 [Result will use default for -r which is 1]

CONTACT INFORMATION

Paul Hill
paul@hillsys.org

Copyright 2017