What Is MAC Address?
➤A media access control address (MAC address) of a device is a unique identifier assigned to a network interface controller (NIC). For communications within a network segment, it is used as a network address for most IEEE 802 network technologies, including Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth.
➤A media access control address (MAC address) is a unique identifier for an Ethernet or network adapter over a network.
➤A MAC address is also known as physical address, hardware address and burned-in address.
➤MAC addresses are permanent and can’t be changed. Each MAC address consists of a 12-digit hexadecimal notation, which is embedded within the NIC firmware and is composed of a six-digit manufacturer’s organization unique identifier followed by a six-digit serialized or random unique identifier.
How Does a MAC Address Look Like?
Generally a MAC Address looks like: 65:0a:95:9d:68:16
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