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MAC Address stands for Media Access Control Address. |
IP Address stands for Internet Protocol Address. |
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MAC Address is a six byte hexadecimal address. |
IP Address is either a four-byte (IPv4) or a sixteen-byte (IPv6) address. |
3. |
A device attached with MAC Address can retrieve by ARP protocol. |
A device attached with IP Address can retrieve by RARP protocol. |
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NIC Card’s Manufacturer provides the MAC Address. |
Internet Service Provider provides IP Address. |
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MAC Address is used to ensure the physical address of a computer. |
IP Address is the logical address of the computer. |
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MAC Address operates in the data link layer. |
IP Address operates in the network layer. |
7. |
MAC Address helps in simply identifying the device. |
IP Address identifies the connection of the device on the network. |
8. |
MAC Address of computer cannot be changed with time and environment. |
IP Address modifies with the time and environment. |
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MAC Addresses can’t be found easily by a third party. |
IP Addresses can be found by a third party. |
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It is a 48-bit address that contains 6 groups of 2 hexadecimal digits, separated by either hyphens (-) or colons(.).
Example:
00:FF:FF:AB:BB:AA
or
00-FF-FF-AB-BB-AA
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IPv4 uses 32-bit addresses in dotted notations, whereas IPv6 uses 128-bit addresses in hexadecimal notations.
Example:
IPv4 192.168.1.1
IPv6 FFFF:F200:3204:0B00
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No classes are used for MAC addressing. |
IPv4 uses A, B, C, D, and E classes for IP addressing. |
12. |
MAC Address sharing is not allowed. |
In IP address multiple client devices can share the IP address. |
13. |
MAC address help to solve IP address issue. |
IP addresses never able to solve MAC address issues. |
14. |
MAC addresses can be used for broadcasting. |
The IP address can be used for broadcasting or multicasting. |
15. |
MAC address is hardware oriented. |
IP address is software oriented. |
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While communication, Switch needs MAC address to forward data. |
While communication, Router need IP address to forward data. |