You work as a network administrator for BlueWell Inc. You have to convert your 48-bit host address (MAC address) to an IPv6 54-bit address. Using the IEEE-EUI-64 conversion process, how do you convert the 48-bit host address (MAC address) to an IPv6 54-bit address?

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D. Add FF. FE between the third and fourth bytes In the EUI-64 process defined by IEEE and used in IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration (SLAAC), the 48-bit MAC address is split after its first three octets (the OUI), and the two-byte sequence FF:FE is inserted at that midpoint to produce a 64-bit identifier. Additionally, the universal/local (U/L) bit - the seventh bit of the first byte - is flipped to indicate global uniqueness. FF:FE is the specific reserved value mandated by the IEEE specification for this purpose.

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A. Add EF. FE between the third and fourth bytes. EF:FE is not the value specified by IEEE for EUI-64 expansion - only FF:FE is the standardized insertion value.

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B. Add FE. EE between the third and fourth bytes. FE:EE is an incorrect value and does not correspond to any part of the IEEE EUI-64 specification.

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C. Add FF. EE between the third and fourth bytes. FF:EE is incorrect - the second byte of the inserted value must be FE, not EE, per the IEEE EUI-64 standard.

You work as a network administrator for BlueWell Inc. You have to convert your 48-bit host address (MAC address) to an IPv6 54-bit address. Using the IEEE-EUI-64 conversion process, how do you convert

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