MAC is medium access control address. IP is Internet Protocol. MAC is the hardware address and IP is software address. MAC is static in nature. Designed by the manufacturer. IP being a software address is dynamic in nature.
What Is The Difference Between MAC & IP Address?
Mac is assigned to a network device,that can not be changed excepting manufacturer.
While,I.p. Can be changed,for every domain selected.
While,I.p. Can be changed,for every domain selected.
MAC (Media Access Control) addresses uniquely identify Ethernet network cards (or PCs with built in Ethernet).
Although it's true that every computer that uses Ethernet has a unique MAC address, not all Internet connections are made
over Ethernet. Also, MAC addresses in a particular local network
are not similar in any way, so one can't use them to decide that a particular machine is "nearby."
IP addresses uniquely identify computers on the Internet, or on a local intranet. Computers on the same local "subnet,"
such as those on a particular local network, will share part of their IP address. For instance, computers in my office
intranet are part of the 192.168.2.x subnet, with IP addresses like 192.168.2.100 and 192.168.2.101. The router that
connects our office to the Internet has the IP address 192.168.2.1. That router also has a true Internet IP address,
and performs NAT (Network Address Translation) to allow connections from computers inside my intranet to reach the outside
world... But blocks incoming connections for security.
Although it's true that every computer that uses Ethernet has a unique MAC address, not all Internet connections are made
over Ethernet. Also, MAC addresses in a particular local network
are not similar in any way, so one can't use them to decide that a particular machine is "nearby."
IP addresses uniquely identify computers on the Internet, or on a local intranet. Computers on the same local "subnet,"
such as those on a particular local network, will share part of their IP address. For instance, computers in my office
intranet are part of the 192.168.2.x subnet, with IP addresses like 192.168.2.100 and 192.168.2.101. The router that
connects our office to the Internet has the IP address 192.168.2.1. That router also has a true Internet IP address,
and performs NAT (Network Address Translation) to allow connections from computers inside my intranet to reach the outside
world... But blocks incoming connections for security.
Mac and Ip address both are address of the network card in your computer. The communication from a computer to other is done by the upper layer protocols( IP layers ). The Ip layers put use the ethernet technology to communicate. The ethernet tech is asscosiated with MAC address whereas the IP layers are associated with the IP addresses. There exists a ARP table which has a mapping of the IP and their corresponding MAC address. So when the ip layer requests coomunication over the ethernet technology the ethernet finds out the corresponding destination mac address and then communicates because it cannotunderstand the ip address given by the ip layer
Mac stands for media access control .
Mac is a 48 bit long
mac is work on second layer.
Mac is a 48 bit long
mac is work on second layer.