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MAC (Media Access Control) Address is used to uniquely identify NICs(Network Interface Cards) in a network. The MAC is heavily used by the Layer 2 Ethernet protocol and assumed as defacto protocol for Layer2 communication. The MAC address consists of 48 bits hexadecimal value. Every mac address is unique in the world theoretically but the … Read more
Today internet and computer networks use popular protocols like TCP/IP, Ethernet, etc. Ethernet is the most popular protocol used in Layer 2 which is called Media Access Control simply MAC. Every ethernet card has a MAC address in order to identify it uniquely. Normally MAC addressed are configured statically into the Ethernet cards, wireless cards, … Read more