Donate with
Categories
Donate with
82uymVXLkvVbB4c4JpTd1tYm1yj1cKPKR2wqmw3XF8YXKTmY7JrTriP4pVwp2EJYBnCFdXhLq4zfFA6ic7VAWCFX5wfQbCC
Created: February 11th 2022
Last updated: February 18th 2022
Categories: IT Knowledge
Author: Elzan Ajdari
Last updated: February 18th 2022
Categories: IT Knowledge
Author: Elzan Ajdari
MAC-Addresses and its function
Tags: MAC Address
Donate with
82uymVXLkvVbB4c4JpTd1tYm1yj1cKPKR2wqmw3XF8YXKTmY7JrTriP4pVwp2EJYBnCFdXhLq4zfFA6ic7VAWCFX5wfQbCC
What is a MAC Address?
A MAC Address is a identifier.
It identifies your clients NIC. NIC stands for Network Interface Card.
Function of a MAC Address
Every IP inside of a network, is also assigned to a MAC Address.
Any communication between clients in the network works with MAC addresses.
https://medium.com/@ravikishorechitakani/arp-types-9f5d33dba4f6
Recognize a Mac Address
A Mac address has a different structure than an IP address. In contrast to the IP address, MAC addresses also have letters.
Since Mac addresses must stay unique, there should be many ways to divide them.
A Mac address has 12 bits, these are always divided into 2 bits each.
Built of a MAC Address
One bit consists of 16 possibilities, 1-9, A-F.
All possibilities listed:
"1, 2 ,3 ,4 ,5 ,6 ,7 ,8, 9, A, B, C ,D, E, F".
ARP
We also explained "Address Resolution Protocol" in a other Blog!
click here ⬇