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IP Address over MAC Address
Why we need IP address over mac address?


  
Total Answers and Comments: 2 Last Update: May 05, 2009     Asked by: shabo 
  
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Submitted by: contact_richa_at
 
MAC Address is the physical address that is usually stored in Network card .
IP Address is a logical address of the computer.

In Networking Data Link Layer creates frames by writing MAC address into the header of the message. This process of creating frames and at other layer creating packets from frames is to make sure of sending the message to exact destination.
This process helps routing the message(containg the MAC adderess) to the desired destination.

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Richa

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April 23, 2009 02:45:05   
contact_richa_at Member Since: October 2006   Contribution: 2    

RE: IP Address over MAC Address
MAC Address is the physical address that is usually stored in Network card .
IP Address is a logical address of the computer.

In Networking Data Link Layer creates frames by writing MAC address into the header of the message. This process of creating frames and at other layer creating packets from frames is to make sure of sending the message to exact destination.
This process helps routing the message(containg the MAC adderess) to the desired destination.

:)
Richa

 
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May 05, 2009 02:40:24   
kumar.sikar Member Since: May 2009   Contribution: 2    

RE: IP Address over MAC Address
IP Address is the Address of a network which is given By network InfraStructure but MAC Address is already give on LAN Card Chip and it is not changable.
 
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