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To match MAC address specification (eg, as summarised at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address#Address_details) and Figure 8.4 of the text, clear the LSB of the 1st octet when generating the MAC address, rather than setting it. Also update check for "is_unicast()" to match.

Equivalent fix (from 2020-08-13) in the ch8-mget example: #7 (comment), which seems to have already been fixed when the first edition of the book was released (7d7955e):

impl MacAddress {
pub fn new() -> MacAddress {
let mut octets: [u8; 6] = [0; 6];
rand::thread_rng().fill_bytes(&mut octets); // <1>
octets[0] |= 0b_0000_0010; // <2>
octets[0] &= 0b_1111_1110; // <3>
MacAddress { 0: octets }
}
}

but apparently ch8/ch8-mac did not get fixed at the same time.

To match MAC address specification (eg, as summarised at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address#Address_details)
and Figure 8.4 of the text, clear the LSB of the 1st octet
when generating the MAC address, rather than setting it.
Also update check for "is_unicast()" to match.

Equivalent fix (from 2020-08-13) in the ch8-mget example:
rust-in-action#7 (comment)
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