As the title states, the video explains what a MAC address is, how its composed, where to discover it, and its function in networking. The video also does a fantastic task of explaining the essential difference in between MAC addresses and IP addresses.

PowerCert Animated Videos provide clear and concise descriptions of huge principles in hardware and networking. I referred to them fairly often when I was teaching an intro to networking course last year..

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

Applications for Education.
Many readers of this blog site will never ever require to know what MAC address is or how it suits the networking process. It is good to know and can handy to understand how to find it if your IT administrator ever asks for it.