topic MAC Magic in Firewall and Security Management https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/MAC-Magic/m-p/21154#M1644 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>hi chaps</P><P></P><P>noticed something and I'd like to understand what exactly does it mean, can anyone point me out or explain?</P><P></P><P><EM>MAC Magic:</EM><BR /><EM>Configuration mode:&nbsp; Automatic</EM><BR /><EM>Configuration phase: Stable</EM><BR /><EM>MAC magic:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2</EM><BR /><EM>MAC forward magic: 1</EM><BR /><EM>Used MAC magic values:</EM><BR /><EM>0x01(001)</EM></P><P></P><P>Thanks in advance</P><P></P><P>Jerry</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 22 Aug 2018 15:07:27 GMT Jerry 2018-08-22T15:07:27Z MAC Magic https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/MAC-Magic/m-p/21154#M1644 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>hi chaps</P><P></P><P>noticed something and I'd like to understand what exactly does it mean, can anyone point me out or explain?</P><P></P><P><EM>MAC Magic:</EM><BR /><EM>Configuration mode:&nbsp; Automatic</EM><BR /><EM>Configuration phase: Stable</EM><BR /><EM>MAC magic:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2</EM><BR /><EM>MAC forward magic: 1</EM><BR /><EM>Used MAC magic values:</EM><BR /><EM>0x01(001)</EM></P><P></P><P>Thanks in advance</P><P></P><P>Jerry</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 22 Aug 2018 15:07:27 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/MAC-Magic/m-p/21154#M1644 Jerry 2018-08-22T15:07:27Z Re: MAC Magic https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/MAC-Magic/m-p/21155#M1645 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.checkpoint.com/thread/8779-what-is-magic-mac">https://community.checkpoint.com/thread/8779-what-is-magic-mac</A></P><P></P><P>it doesn't really clarify things the way we could understand ...</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 22 Aug 2018 15:09:58 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/MAC-Magic/m-p/21155#M1645 Jerry 2018-08-22T15:09:58Z Re: MAC Magic https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/MAC-Magic/m-p/21156#M1646 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>found sk25977 ... nice one sorry, I think it is all cleared now, let me remove that topic my apologize too many things on the plate today ...</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 22 Aug 2018 15:12:17 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/MAC-Magic/m-p/21156#M1646 Jerry 2018-08-22T15:12:17Z Re: MAC Magic https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/MAC-Magic/m-p/21157#M1647 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive_macro_quote jive-quote jive_text_macro"><P style="color: #333333; background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px;"></P><P style="color: #333333; background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px;">hi chaps</P><P style="color: #333333; background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P style="color: #333333; background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px;">noticed something and I'd like to understand what exactly does <SPAN style="color: #000000;">it</SPAN> mean, can anyone point me out or <SPAN style="color: #000000;">explain</SPAN>?</P><P style="color: #333333; background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P style="color: #333333; background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px;"><SPAN style="border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;"><EM>MAC Magic:</EM></SPAN><BR /><SPAN style="border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;"><EM>Configuration mode:&nbsp; Automatic</EM></SPAN><BR /><SPAN style="border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;"><EM>Configuration phase: Stable</EM></SPAN><BR /><SPAN style="border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;"><EM>MAC magic:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2</EM></SPAN><BR /><SPAN style="border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;"><EM>MAC forward magic: 1</EM></SPAN><BR /><SPAN style="border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;"><EM>Used MAC magic values:</EM></SPAN><BR /><SPAN style="border: 0px; font-weight: inherit;"><EM>0x01(001)</EM></SPAN></P><P style="color: #333333; background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px;"></P><P style="color: #333333; background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px;">Thanks in advance</P><P style="color: #333333; background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P style="color: #333333; background-color: #ffffff; border: 0px;">Jerry</P></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Yes same question here, any easy to understand answer?</P><P>Update: I understood it now.</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 22 Sep 2018 08:05:46 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/MAC-Magic/m-p/21157#M1647 Mitchell_gayle 2018-09-22T08:05:46Z Re: MAC Magic https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/MAC-Magic/m-p/21158#M1648 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>In very simple terms, Magic MAC is how clusters who are connected to the same network identify they are part of a given cluster.</P><P>The Magic MAC also determines the MAC address that the appliance will use for their CCP packets as well.</P><P>All members of the cluster will have the same Magic MAC.</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 22 Sep 2018 21:55:00 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/MAC-Magic/m-p/21158#M1648 PhoneBoy 2018-09-22T21:55:00Z