The mac address is the PHYSICAL address of your network card. Each network card is manufactured with a unique address which distinguishes it from every other network card in the world. If you're using Windows XP, open a command prompt and type:
ipconfig /all
About half way down you'll see
"physical address . . . . . . . . xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx"
That's your mac address. If you were to look at your network card, that's also the physical address that would be on the label.
The MAC address is ingrained in the chip of each NIC card. Each MAC address is unique.
The mac address is not assigned it is hard programmed into your network interface card. the only way to change it is to get a new card or try mac spoofing
All MAC addresses are assigned at the manufacturer. The first half of the address is a unique number that identifies the specific manufacturer.
I believe the IEEE does that.
•What is the physical address (the MAC address) of the NIC (or network adapter) for this connection?
MAC address stored in NIC card
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NIC
MAC bit size is 16 digits. but MAC bit is 48 each.
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Doesn't matter if your connected to a LAN or not. The MAC address is hard coded into the NIC and does not change unless software on the computer requires that it changes.
Mac address
Source MAC address
ipconfig
getmacGetmac
Destination MAC address