MAC or I P address?
BennyTheMan
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I am watching a helpful video about how packets are transferred over the Internet. It shows how the header gets modified at each hop. Can someone please tell me if "hardware address" refers to MAC addresses or IP addresses.
Here is the video
https://youtu.be/nomyRJehhnM
If no one responds I totally understand
But if someone could it would be greatly appreciated
Benny
Here is the video
https://youtu.be/nomyRJehhnMIf no one responds I totally understand
But if someone could it would be greatly appreciated
Benny
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Sy Kosys
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Yes, hardware address refers to the MAC, as this is a unique address for any and all network cards/adapters and switchports. Think of it as hard coded or a hard/solid thing. In Cisco documentation, you'll also see this referenced as a BIA (Burned-in address).
A "software" address is by contrast a dynamic variable, an IP address in this case."The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.”
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koz24
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They are referring to the MAC address. When they say logical they mean IP address.