You are reviewing basic networking and computing with a new technician in your department and are discussing computer addressing on the network. What do you say is a computer’s MAC address?
A. This is the network address that is assigned by a DHCP server.
B. This is the network address that must be manually assigned by a technician.
C. This is an identifier assigned to a computer’s NIC by the manufacturer.
D. This is the network identifier of a computer that cannot receive its address from dynamic addressing.
Solution
C. A computer’s network interface card, or NIC, is assigned a unique identifier at the factory called a Media Access Control address, or MAC address. This address is permanent on the computer unless you replace the unit with a different NIC. No two NICs have the same MAC address.
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1. You are reviewing basic networking and computing with a new technician in your department
and are discussing computer addressing on the network. What do you say is a computer’s
MAC address?
A. This is the network address that is assigned by a DHCP server.
B. This is the network address that must be manually assigned by a technician.
C. This is an identifier assigned to a computer’s NIC by the manufacturer.
D. This is the network identifier of a computer that cannot receive its address from dynamic
addressing.
Solution
C. A computer’s network interface card, or NIC, is assigned a unique identifier at the factory
called a Media Access Control address, or MAC address. This address is permanent on the
computer unless you replace the unit with a different NIC. No two NICs have the same MAC
address.
