No, MAC addresss and IP address are not the same. MAC addresses are "hard-coded" into the Network Interface Card (NIC) and only ID that individual card. The IP address is software generated and ID's both the network and the individual host.
802.11 use MAC addresses, which are the same as IP addresses in some networks
A MAC address is useful if you want the router to always provide the same IP address to the same network interface, or if you want to provide a service, such as a PXE boot image, to a specific computer regardless of its IP address.
Each computer has a unique name, IP address and MAC address. (not MAC as in McIntosh.)
to determine the MAC address of a device on the same network
Computers with a specified MAC address can only send and receive information with the IP address it is bound to. To use MAC address binding, you must associate an IP address on the specified interface with a MAC address.
Just search "My Ip Address". Its as easy as that!
You have to use both. ARP and RARP cannot be used for the same purpose one gives IP from the MAC address another one MAC address from IP.
MAC addresses are flat.
Use ip\mac scanner: http://trogonsoftware/trogon-mac-scanner.html
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Mac address.
Destination Address (I.P. ) will stay the same during transmission. But be careful! Only if it is Ip address. However if it is MAC it will change as it travels thru diferent routers with different MAC addresses to get to the destination Ip address (which does not change)!