distinguish between physical addresses and logical address?

Answer Posted / vijay.s

PHYSICAL ADDRESS here refers to MAC Address.

Mac address cannot be changed.Mac uses 48 bit address format.

LOGICAL ADDRESS here refers to IP address.

IP address can be changed.It(IPv4) uses 32 bit addressing
format.

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