by
Mustofa Haykal , IT Security & System Engineer , Kuwaiti Canadian Consuting Group
Mac address :
- physical address/ physical identifier of ethernet port of communication device
- consists of48 bit hexadecimal (0-F)
- stands on datalink layer of OSI model
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While IP Address:
- logical address of ethernet port on all communication device
- consists of32 bit binary number (0-1) for ipv4 and consists of128 bit hexadecimal (0-F) for ipv6
- stands on network layer of OSI model
