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They have to be different because it would be like sending mail to 72 million people with identical names. The MAC address is like your street address for you, it's unique to only you in that street, city, state and country.
It's mainly used on your "local" network (ad hock) not so much for the internet. It lets the router know there is more then one device on the network and the router can then make sure to not give the same IP address to the same computer.
The MAC (Media Access Control) address is unique (different) to EACH machine. In general, it only pertains to networkable devices.
Your WiFi card, Ethernet card and even your Bluetooth card on your computers have a MAC address. (smartphones, iPads, Routers, some networkable HDTV's, BlueRay players, etc, also have them)
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How can you find the physical address of any PC?
from the PC MAC Address.
What is an Active Directory Mac address?
The MAC address is the LAN/Ethernet card address there is no specfic Mac address for active directoy. Each server/PC in the world has its own unique mac address.
What is another name for the computer?
PC or Mac PC standing for Personal Computer
Finding mac address on asus eee PC 900?
The recommended operating system for the Asus Eee PC 900 is Windows 8. As such, you can find the MAC address by launching command prompt and typing â??ipconfig /allâ?? without the quotes and hitting enter. The MAC address will be listed next to Physical Address.
What does masquerading mean on a computer?
Often, this means MAC masquerading. MAC is the unique hardware address to an ethernet adapter. For instance, your computer would have one MAC address for a wired ethernet port, and another for a wifi adapter.Masquerading means passing off another MAC as the one actually belonging to the adapter.Example:You have a cable modem connected to your cable ISP, and a single computer connected to the modem. Your computer wired ethernet MAC is 11:22:33:44:55:66.You go out and buy a new wifi router+access point, and try to connect it to the modem, and connect your PC to the access point via WiFi. It doesn't work. You connect to the access point but not the internet.Why not?When your modem was initially set up with the ISP, the ISP "provisioned" (allowed access to) the MAC address of your PC (11:22:33:44:55:66).Now that the router is connected to the modem, the ISP sees the MAC address of the router (99.88.77.66.55.44) and does not see the "allowed" MAC address of your PC because your PC is no longer directly connected to the ISP.Proper fix: Call ISP and re-provision the new MAC address of the router.Quick fix: set up the router's MAC masquerading function to transmit the old PC MAC address instead of the router's MAC, tricking the ISP into thinking the old hardware is still connected.
How do you get another PC Mac Address?
The MAC address is the serial number of the network card. This number is unique in the world, and there is no need to change it.The MAC address is the serial number of the network card. This number is unique in the world, and there is no need to change it.The MAC address is the serial number of the network card. This number is unique in the world, and there is no need to change it.The MAC address is the serial number of the network card. This number is unique in the world, and there is no need to change it.
What will a host on an Ethernet network do if it receives a frame with a destination MAC address that does not match its own MAC address?
On a hub network:The host (PC-A) computer sends the frame out its Network Interface Card (NIC) to Fast-Ethernet 0/1 (F0/1) on the HUB. The HUB then sends that frame out every interface (except incoming interface). If the destination MAC address is aaa.bbb.ccc, and PC-B has MAC address aaa.aaa.bbb, then PC-B's NIC will ignore the frame and nothing else will happen.
How do you get mac address through cmd prompt?
Simply type "ipconfig /all" This will list detailed information (to include MAC address) of all networking adapters installed on your PC.
How do you change a MAC address of a PC?
This cannot be done, the MAC address is set in the hardware at the factory to a unique value that no other network device has anywhere in the world and cannot be changed.
What is a host on network?
A host on a network is generally a device with a unique mac address (hardware address, set at the factory) It can be a PC with a network device, a network switch, a printer etc etc hosts can have an IP address mapped to their mac address's
How do you connect a mac to a PC with an Ethernet cable?
Plug one end of the cable into your mac and the other end into your pc. On your mac click "Go" from the menu bar. Then click connect to server. On your pc go to control panel, view network status and tasks, view status (under your wireless connection), details and then write down your IP address. On your mac type smb://[then type ip address here]. Then click connect. Make sure you have right clicked your hard drive on your pc and click share then advanced sharing. Click your hard drive on your mac and OK. You can now view and drag and drop files between your mac and pc!
Can you install mac os in Intel DG945?
no, you can covert info from a mac to a pc, but not a pc to a mac
