The newest PowerCert video is MAC Address Explained. As the title states, the video describes what a MAC address is, how its composed, where to discover it, and its function in networking. The video likewise does a terrific task of explaining the essential distinction in between MAC addresses and IP addresses. A quick explanation of ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) connects the crucial ideas of the video together..

If you do teach networking, this video is one to bookmark and perhaps utilize as an evaluation resource or video-based lesson in a tool like Edpuzzle.

PowerCert Animated Videos provide clear and succinct explanations of big concepts in computer system hardware and networking. I described them relatively frequently when I was teaching an intro to networking course last year..

Applications for Education.
A lot of readers of this blog will never require to know what MAC address is or how it fits into the networking procedure. However, it is good to understand and can handy to understand how to find it if your IT administrator ever asks for it.