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Why have some of my packets been sent to a MAC address that is not my Router?

My MAC address of my router is (be:69:31:35:30:43). I wanted to see how many packets I have that do not include the MAC address of my router in the source or in the destination of any of my packets. I put a filter and found out that 5 do not include the router MAC address.

I wanted to know the reason that each of these packets have been sent to a MAC address that is not the router. The MAC addresses are:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mi9pg6GMeWyT8Ezyj9S1rnLihj2fJPWz/view?usp=sharing

1) Frame 55: 60 bytes on wire (480 bits), 60 bytes captured (480 bits) Destination: Broadcast (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff) Source: QuantaCo_76:4d:83 (00:16:36:76:4d:83)

2) Frame 56: 60 bytes on wire (480 bits), 60 bytes captured (480 bits) Destination: Broadcast (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff) Source: QuantaCo_76:4d:83 (00:16:36:76:4d:83)

3) Frame 57: 60 bytes on wire (480 bits), 60 bytes captured (480 bits) Destination: Broadcast (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff) Source: QuantaCo_76:4d:83 (00:16:36:76:4d:83)

4) Frame 543: 60 bytes on wire (480 bits), 60 bytes captured (480 bits) Destination: IPv4mcast_01 (01:00:5e:00:00:01)
Source: Dell_ff:d8:c4 (84:2b:2b:ff:d8:c4)

5) Frame 544: 86 bytes on wire (688 bits), 86 bytes captured (688 bits) Destination: IPv6mcast_01 (33:33:00:00:00:01) Source: Dell_ff:d8:c4 (84:2b:2b:ff:d8:c4)