ANSWERED: What is a MAC address? What is it used for?

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Austin Songer 2020-01-26 00:59:05 +00:00
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A MAC address is a unique identification number or code used to identify individual devices on the network.
Packets that are sent on the ethernet are always coming from a MAC address and sent to a MAC address. If a network adapter is receiving a packet, it is comparing the packets destination MAC address to the adapters own MAC address.
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