2pts Each station on an Ethernet network has its own unique

(2pts) Each station on an Ethernet network has its own unique physical address, called a MAC address. The address is of the form xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx or xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx, where each x is a hexadecimal digit.

Find the MAC address of a computer. (Some will have more than one MAC address - just pick one. Home computers that use modems may not contain an Ethernet card and may not have a MAC address – just make one up in this case)

To get the MAC address on a PC, open a command window (usually by clicking Accessories and then clicking Command Prompt) and type getmac at the prompt. For other computers, you will need to look up how to get the MAC address. If you are using Linux the command is: ifconfig –a

Convert the MAC address you listed to binary.   How many bits is it?

Solution

My Mac address is: 64-00-6A-12-CB-8C and the binary form is (0110 0100 0000 0000 0110 1010 0001 0010 1100 1011 1000 1100) so total bits is 48.