diff --git a/src/base/inet.hh b/src/base/inet.hh
--- a/src/base/inet.hh
+++ b/src/base/inet.hh
@@ -93,9 +93,18 @@
     uint8_t *bytes() { return &data[0]; }
 
     const uint8_t *addr() const { return &data[0]; }
-    bool unicast() const { return data[0] == 0x00; }
-    bool multicast() const { return data[0] == 0x01; }
-    bool broadcast() const { return data[0] == 0xff; }
+    bool unicast() const { return !(data[0] & 0x01); }
+    bool multicast() const { return !unicast() && !broadcast(); }
+    bool broadcast() const
+    {
+        bool isBroadcast = true;
+        for (int i = 0; i < ETH_ADDR_LEN; ++i) {
+            isBroadcast = isBroadcast && data[i] == 0xff;
+        }
+
+        return isBroadcast;
+    }
+
     std::string string() const;
 
     operator uint64_t() const
# Node ID 177ddbf6d5cd05703914ccb4e7afbc1706c2bbad
# Parent  6bbb7ae309accedfb251aae3c4095acd6b57832d
diff --git a/src/base/inet.cc b/src/base/inet.cc
--- a/src/base/inet.cc
+++ b/src/base/inet.cc
@@ -62,12 +62,14 @@
 
 EthAddr::EthAddr(const uint8_t ea[ETH_ADDR_LEN])
 {
-    *data = *ea;
+    for (int i = 0; i < ETH_ADDR_LEN; ++i)
+        data[i] = ea[i];
 }
 
 EthAddr::EthAddr(const eth_addr &ea)
 {
-    *data = *ea.data;
+    for (int i = 0; i < ETH_ADDR_LEN; ++i)
+        data[i] = ea.data[i];
 }
 
 EthAddr::EthAddr(const std::string &addr)