![]() A method for network communication by a first apparatus comprising: determining, by the first apparatus, a first candidate network address from at least a first locally administered address range performing at least one iteration of a candidate address test that includes outputting a first transmission having the first candidate network address via a communication medium of a network, the first transmission being configured to instigate a second transmission from at least one other apparatus in the network as a response to the first transmission if the first candidate network address is being used by a second apparatus in the network, wherein the candidate address test further includes monitoring for the second transmission during a time period following the first transmission and using the first candidate network address as a locally administered media access control (MAC) address of the first apparatus when the first apparatus does not detect the second transmission in the candidate address test.ฤก06.
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