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ARP command is a network command used to list ARP table records and manipulate them. The ARP tables simply store IP Address and MAC address information for the IP and Ethernet networks. The ARP name comes from the Address Resolution Protocol which is used to resolve IP addresses into MAC addresses. Display All ARP Records … Read more
Computer Networks mainly use the IP (Internet Protocol) Address in order to communicate with each other. There are different types of IP addresses which APIPA (Automatic Private IP Addressing) is one of them. The APIPA is used to configure IP addresses without any external service like DHCP server etc. The APIPA address is assigned and … Read more
The NIC or Network Inteface Card is hardware that is used to connect a system, computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc. into a computer network. As its name suggests the NIC provides an interface to the network and runs required operations for network connectivity. There are different types of NICs for different network types and use … Read more
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
The MAC (Media Access Control) Address is a unique address assigned to every network interface for the Ethernet, Wireless, and Bluetooth cards. The MAC address is also called an Ethernet address too. MAC address generally matched with an IP address in order to communicate in a LAN with the gateway and other hosts in the … Read more
The IP address is used to address different hosts in a network with different identities. The MAC address is used to identify different network interfaces in a local area network or LAN. Even IP address is the global way to find a host in the last step of transmission the MAC address is used to … Read more