Ethernet address
<networking> (Or "MAC address") The physical address identifying an individual Ethernet controller board. An Ethernet addess is a 48-bit number aabbccddeeff where a-f are hexadecimal digits. The first 24 bits, aabbcc, identify the manufacturer of the controller. The Ethernet address is hard-wired on some controllers, stored in a ROM on some, and others allow it to be changed from software. It is usually written as six hexadecimal numbers, e.g. 08:00:20:03:72:DC. See also ARP, Internet address. (1996-02-21) | ||||
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ethernet address
ethernet address
(or "mac address") the physical address identifying an individual ethernet controller board. an ethernet addess is a 48-bit number aabbccddeeff where a-f are hexadecimal digits. the first 24 bits, aabbcc, identify the manufacturer of the controller. the ethernet address is hard-wired on some controllers, stored in a rom on some, and others allow it to be changed from software. it is usually written as six hexadecimal numbers, e.g. 08:00:20:03:72:dc.
see also arp, internet address.
ethernet address
(or "mac address") the physical address identifying an individual ethernet controller board. an ethernet addess is a 48-bit number aabbccddeeff where a-f are hexadecimal digits. the first 24 bits, aabbcc, identify the manufacturer of the controller. the ethernet address is hard-wired on some controllers, stored in a rom on some, and others allow it to be changed from software. it is usually written as six hexadecimal numbers, e.g. 08:00:20:03:72:dc.
see also arp, internet address.
Ethernet address Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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MAC address
In computer networking a Media Access Control address (MAC address) or Ethernet Hardware Address (EHA) or hardware address or adapter address is a quasi-unique identifier attached to most network adapters (NICs). It is a number that acts like a name for a particular network adapter, so, for example, the network cards (or built-in network adapters) in two different computers will have different names, or MAC addresses, as would an Ethernet adapter and a wireless adapter in the same computer, and as would multiple network cards in a router. However, it is possible to change the MAC address on most of today's hardware, often referred to as MAC spoofing.
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