MAC Address

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Seonglae ChoSeonglae Cho
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2021 Mar 28 10:45
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2024 Oct 7 11:49
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L2 Address, LAN or physical or Ethernet address

MAC address allocation administered by IEEE. Manufacturer buys portion of MAC address space (to assure uniqueness, portability for each subnet)
MAC addresses in frame headers identify source, destination (different from IP address)
Used locally to get frame from one interface to another physically-connected interface (same subnet, in IP-addressing sense)
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