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• A MAC address, short for Media Access Control address, is a unique code assigned to most forms of networking hardware. The address is permanently assigned to the hardware, so limiting a wireless network's access to hardware -- such as wireless cards -- is a security feature employed by closed wireless networks. But an experienced hacker -- armed with the proper tools -- can still figure out an authorized MAC address, masquerade as a legitimate address and access a closed network.
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• Also known as hardware address or ethernet address. This is a unique identifier specific to the network card inside the computer. It allows the DHCP server to authenticate that the computer is allowed to access the network. MAC Addresses are of the form XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX, where the X's are either digits or letters from AF.
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• A 6-byte address unique to a Myrinet interface. It is equivalent to an ethernet address.
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• Media Access Control (MAC) Address is a unique MAC address that each network device has burned into it. (Not to be confused with your Macintosh!)
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• Hardware address that uniquely identifies each node on a network.
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• Media Access Control address, given to a device in a network. It consists of a 48-bit hexadecimal number (12 characters). The address is normally assigned to a device, such as a network card, when it is manufactured
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• A Media Access Control address is the unique hardware identifier of a NIC. Top
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• Media Access Control address; also called Ethernet Address. A unique device identifier used in IP address assignment.
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• MAC is an acronym for Media Access Control. Each NIC has a unique MAC address stamped onto it. The MAC address makes the host recognizable to and distinguishable from other hosts.
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• (Media Access Control address) The unique physical address of each device's network interface card.
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• A MAC address is an identity code built into every Ethernet card which uniquely identifies that card from all others in the world. Typically, a MAC address consists of six pairs of numbers or letters, as in A0:99:E3:76:BE:01. To see the MAC address on a Windows 95/98 PC, click Start, Run, and type WINIPCFG. The MAC address will be listed as "adapter address." On a Macintosh, click the Apple, Control Panel, TCP/IP, then FILE, GET INFO.
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• short for Media Access Control address. This is OSI layer 2 hardware address defined by IEEE standard and is used to deliver packets in the local network. It is sequence of six two-digits hexadecimal numbers separated by colons, exempli gratia: 00:2f:21:c1:11:0a.
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• The hardware address of a device connected to a shared media. See also Media Access Control, Ethernet, token ring.
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• the physical address is associated with the Ethernet interface.
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• On a local area network (LAN) or other network, the MAC (Media Access Control) address is your computer's unique hardware number. (On an Ethernet LAN, it's the same as your Ethernet address.) When you're connected to the Internet from your computer (or host as the Internet protocol thinks of it), a correspondence table relates your IP address to your computer's physical (MAC) address on the LAN. ...
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• Media Access Control Address. The 48-bit defined number built into any Ethernet device connected to a LAN. This unique hardware address is represented by six octets, separated by colons, such as CO:3C:4E:00:10:8F. Bridges work at the MAC address level.
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• In computer networking a media access control address (MAC address) is a unique identifier attached to most forms of networking equipment. Most layer 2 network protocols use one of three numbering spaces managed by the IEEE: MAC-48, EUI-48, and EUI-64, which are designed to be globally unique. Not all communications protocols use MAC addresses, and not all protocols which do require such globally unique identifiers. The IEEE claims trademarks on the names "EUI-48" and "EUI-64". ...
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