COMPUTER NETWORKING

WIRELESS NETWORKS AND MOBILE IP

WIRELESS NETWORKS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following would not be included in a data packet?
A
Source IP address
B
Destination address
C
MAC address
D
Error Checking
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A MAC address, also known as “hardware address” or “physical address”, is a binary number used to uniquely identify computer network adapters. Packets that are sent on the Ethernet are always coming from a MAC address and sent to a MAC address.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is 00-11-20-M1-BC-B0, because the MAC address consists of 6 groups of Hexadecimal characters and the letter M in the 3rd group is the only character that is not a Hexadecimal character.

Detailed explanation-3: -An IP (Internet Protocol) packet does not contain a MAC (Media Access Control) address. The IP packet is responsible for routing data over a network, and it contains information such as the source and destination IP addresses.

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