what is ip address and what is the difference between the ip
address and mac address why we are not using mac address instead of ip address
Answer Posted / ani
ip address is a 32 bit address which contain 4 octects separated by a dots
mac address is a 48 bit address which can be configured on a nic card default
in nework communication both are important with out one the other cannot be communicated if we are using ip addres to communicate means internally we use arp protocol to find out the mac address then only we can communicate
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