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MAC address

A MAC address (medium access control address or media access control address) is a unique identifier assigned to a network interface controller (NIC) for use as a network address in communications within a network segment. This use is common in most IEEE 802 networking technologies, including Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. Within the Open Systems…

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MAC address

Nodes99
Edges98
Triples103
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020202
Components1

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MAC address

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related to Universal vs. local (U/L bit) · 17
MAC address → Addresses, EUI-48, EUI-64, Even, If, In, LAA, Locally, MAC, OUI, The, Therefore, This, U/L, UAA, UAAs, Universal/Local
related to External links · 16
MAC address → APIIANA, Assignment, Company ID, Database, Ethernet NumbersWireshark's OUI Lookup, Frequently Asked QuestionsIEEE Public, IAB, IEEE Registration Authority TutorialsIEEE, OUI, OUI MAC Address Lookup, Public IAB, Public OUI-28/MA-M, Public OUI-36/MA-S, Public OUI/MA-L, Registration Authority, Tool
related to Bit-reversed notation · 14
MAC address → BC, But, Ethernet, FDDI, For, However, IBM, IEEE, MAC, MSB, The, This, Token Bus, Token Ring
related to Address details · 12
MAC address → Bluetooth, Ethernet, EUI-48, EUI-64, In, MAC, MAC-48, The, The IEEE, These, This, Xerox Network Systems Ethernet
related to Unicast vs. multicast (I/G bit) · 11
MAC address → Ethernet, I/G, If, In, Individual/Group, MAC, MAC-addresses, Only, The, This, When
related to Use in hosts · 10
MAC address → Ethernet, For, Hence, It, MAC, Many, NetBSD, On, OSI, Unix-like
related to Ranges of group and locally administered addresses · 7
MAC address → Given, I/G, IPv6, MAC, The U/L, U/L, XX-XX-XX-XX
see also · 6
MAC address → Hot Standby Router ProtocolInternational, IMEI, MAC, Mobile Equipment Identity, Proxy Service, Router Redundancy Protocol
related to IEEE 802c local MAC address usage · 5
MAC address → IEEE, MAC, SLAP, Structured Local Address Plan, This

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address mac addresses ieee network eui-48 bit administered oui used locally unique ethernet first interface local eui-64 use hexadecimal 802

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
QEMUinstance ofhypervisors0.80text
Xen have their own OUIsinstance ofhypervisors0.80text
PCsinstance ofCommon networked consumer devices0.80text
smartphonesinstance ofCommon networked consumer devices0.80text
tablet computers use EUI-48 addresses.EUI-64 identifiers are used ininstance ofCommon networked consumer devices0.80text
MAC addressrelated to Address detailsThe IEEE0.60section
MAC addressrelated to Address detailsMAC0.60section
MAC addressrelated to Address detailsXerox Network Systems Ethernet0.60section
MAC addressrelated to Address detailsThis0.60section
MAC addressrelated to Address detailsMAC-480.60section
MAC addressrelated to Address detailsEUI-480.60section
MAC addressrelated to Address detailsEUI-640.60section

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