What is a MAC Address? – Here’s a Concise Explanation

As the title states, the video discusses what a MAC address is, how its written, where to discover it, and its function in networking. The video also does a terrific job of discussing the key difference in between MAC addresses and IP addresses.

PowerCert Animated Videos use clear and concise descriptions of big principles in hardware and networking. I referred to them relatively frequently when I was teaching an intro 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.
Many readers of this blog will never need to understand what MAC address is or how it suits the networking process. Nevertheless, it is great to understand and can practical to know how to find it if your IT administrator ever asks for it.

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