Parameter
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MAC Address
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IP Address
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Acronym for
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media access control address
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Internet Protocol Address
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Used for
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It is a unique identifier that is assigned to network interfaces for communicating on the physical network segments.
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It
is a numerical value that is assigned to all the participating
devices in a network. i.e. Servers, Computers, Printers, WAP, Laptops
etc.
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Provided BY
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It is generally provided by the manufacturer of the NIC cards and is stored in its hardware.
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Length
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It is 48 bit address which contains 6 groups of 2 hexadecimal digits, separated by either hyphens (-) or colons (:)
E.g. 00:FF:FF:AB:BB:AA
Or 00-FF-FF-AB-BB-AA
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IPv4 uses 32 bit address in dotted notations, whereas IPv6 Uses 128 bit address in hexadecimal notations.
e.g. IPv4 192.168.1.1
IPv6 FFFE:F200:3204:0B00: 0122:4555:8001:AB00 |
