The most recent PowerCert video is MAC Address Explained. As the title states, the video explains what a MAC address is, how its written, where to discover it, and its function in networking. The video likewise does a terrific task of describing the key difference in between MAC addresses and IP addresses. A fast description of ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) ties the essential ideas of the video together..

PowerCert Animated Videos offer clear and succinct descriptions of big concepts in computer hardware and networking. I referred to them fairly frequently when I was teaching an introduction to networking course last year..

If you do teach networking, this video is one to bookmark and possibly use as a review resource or video-based lesson in a tool like Edpuzzle.

Applications for Education.
Most readers of this blog will never ever need to understand what MAC address is or how it suits the networking process. It is great to understand and can practical to understand how to locate it if your IT administrator ever asks for it.