COMPUTER NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK DEVICES
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Question
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IP Address
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NIC Address
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MAC address
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Serial number
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Detailed explanation-1: -The physical address–which is also called a media access control, or MAC, address–identifies a device to other devices on the same local network. The internet address–or IP address–identifies the device globally.
Detailed explanation-2: -The MAC address is a physical address (also called a hardware address) because it physically identifies an item of hardware. MAC addresses use three types of number systems and all use the same format, only the size of the identifier differs. The addresses can be “Universally Managed” or “Locally Managed”.
Detailed explanation-3: -MAC address is the physical address, which uniquely identifies each device on a given network. To make communication between two networked devices, we need two addresses: IP address and MAC address. It is assigned to the NIC (Network Interface card) of each device that can be connected to the internet.