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

PowerCert Animated Videos offer clear and concise explanations of huge principles in computer hardware and networking. I described them fairly frequently when I was teaching an intro to networking course last year..

The most recent 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 role in networking. The video likewise does a terrific task of describing the crucial difference in between MAC addresses and IP addresses. A quick explanation of ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) connects the crucial ideas of the video together..

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