COMPUTER PRACTICE
& NETWORKING
YEAR 2 SEMESTER 1
, INTRODUCTION TO INTERNET
APPLICATIONS AND PROTOCOLS
,IP ADDRESSING AND SUBNETTING
, • A hardware address is used to uniquely
identify a host within a local network.
•
• Hardware addressing is a function of the Data-
Link layer of the OSI model (Layer-2).
• Ethernet utilizes the 48-bit MAC address as its
hardware address.
& NETWORKING
YEAR 2 SEMESTER 1
, INTRODUCTION TO INTERNET
APPLICATIONS AND PROTOCOLS
,IP ADDRESSING AND SUBNETTING
, • A hardware address is used to uniquely
identify a host within a local network.
•
• Hardware addressing is a function of the Data-
Link layer of the OSI model (Layer-2).
• Ethernet utilizes the 48-bit MAC address as its
hardware address.