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@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Packets that are sent on the ethernet are always coming from a MAC address and s
When is this MAC address used?: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
-When a device sends a packet to the broadcast MAC address (FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF), it is delivered to all stations on the local network. It needs to be used in order for all devices to receive your packet at the datalink layer.
+When a device sends a packet to the broadcast MAC address (FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF), it is delivered to all stations on the local network. Ethernet broadcasts are used to resolve IP addresses to MAC addresses (by ARP) at the datalink layer .