What is a MAC address?

rgodaravit · #1 (**permalink**) 10-01-2009, 12:13 PM

A MAC address is a physical hardware address assigned to each device that has the capability of connecting to a network. The internet is nothing more than a large network. The MAC address is something that is assigned in the chip on the device and is not something the user can change.

kiki2009 · #2 (**permalink**) 12-01-2009, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by rgodaravit

A MAC address is a physical hardware address assigned to each device that has the capability of connecting to a network. The internet is nothing more than a large network. The MAC address is something that is assigned in the chip on the device and is not something the user can change.

can we change the MAC address of a computer by writing a programming code to replace it