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2.2MAC Address

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Basics of MAC Addressing

CSE320 – Data Communications


Department of Computer Science and Engineering
School of Data & Science
MAC Address
❑ Stands for Media Access Control
❑ Every node in the LAN is identified with MAC address
❑ Physical address, hardware address
❑ Globally unique
❑ Can not be altered
❑ Provided by manufacturer
❑ Represented in hexadecimal format, 48 bits long
❑ Example, 00:1B:44:11:3A:B7
❑ Separators can be: hyphen(-), colon(:) or period(.)
❑ IP Address Location of a person
❑ MAC Address Name of the person
Why do we need both IP and MAC
address?

❑ MAC address - works on layer 2 network, identify devices


within the same broadcast network
❑ IP address - used on layer 3, identify the devices on
different networks
How to find the MAC address of a device

1. Open command prompt, type ipconfig/all command and press


enter

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