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Q: What component of the computer provides it with a MAC address?
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What is Grep the mac address of another computer?

Find the mac address of that computer.


Can you hack computer by using MAC address?

The Answer is Yes And No Both, Yes Because They can hack and no Because There is a Authentication Required for that ------- The MAC (Media Adapter Address) address is only a hardware identifier. There is no intelligence to hack. It can only be used to uniquely identify a specific network component.


What protocol provides a field for the MAC address?

TCP


What is a NIC and what is it used for?

NIC stands for Network Interface Card. It is connected to the motherboard of the computer. It provides the device with a MAC address and allows a device to access a computer network such as the internet.


Where is the Machine address found on your computer?

The "MAC" address of your computer is built into the Ethernet board.


What are two primary responsibilities of the Ethernet MAC sublayer?

MAC provides physical addressing. The BIA (Burn In Address) which is stored in RAM when the computer boots up is added to each frame that is created as the source mac address. But to answer your question, the MAC layer does the following: Data Encapsulation and Media Access Control.


How do you find the Mac address of a computer?

hi u can find the mac address of computer by ipconfig/all command in command prompt. Thanks


Where is the Mac address on a computer?

A Media Access Control address (MAC address) is what identifies your computer on a network. You should be able to find it within your network preferences or in a summary of the computers status.


How do you differentiate computers on the same network?

Each computer has a unique name, IP address and MAC address. (not MAC as in McIntosh.)


What displays the IP address and the MAC address of a specified computer?

ipconfig /all


What harm can it be by showing your Mac address?

There's no really much harm in actually showing someone your MAC Address. All i make MAC Address is a 12 digital and letter code that identifies the network card. If someone had your MAC Address they could try and gain access to your network. But that's all. *edit* Yeah, like what the previous person said. If someone got your MAC address and IP address, when you turn on your computer they could try to MAC spoof their way into your network by making their computer looking like your computer.


What do you type to get a computer's MAC address?

for Windows Systems use IPCONFIG /ALL command to view Mac Address. for Linux Systems use IFCONFIG -A command to view Mac Address.