MAC address
MAC address
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Can someone please describe the MAC address on a 5/05 processor with respect to its ethernet port?
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RE: MAC address
When you configure the system you can presumably allocate an IP address. Programs within the TCP/IP suite will then be used to determine the MAC address of ethernet controllers on your network for each IP address. When an IP message is sent onto the network, the message will contain a destination MAC address.
RE: MAC address
This is a unique address given to hardware devices, but on some devices, this is programmable, (although I would not recommend messing with this).
The other info tomatge gave is basically correct, but if you would like a deeper understanding of ethernet, and TCP/IP, I would suggest www.iol.unh.edu/training/ethernet.html, and www.pugettech.com/net101/. These are some good tutorials on networking.
Best of luck.
RE: MAC address
Go to your favorite search engine and type in MAC address or TCP/IP or OSI Model for more information. Have fun!