Networking College Math I The MAC address of a network inter

Networking College Math I:

The MAC address of a network interface is a unique address. Each network interface relating to its MAC fits the criteria of a function because each device has its own, unique MAC address. Describe an everyday situation in your field that is a function. Be sure to explain exactly why the situation is a function.

Solution

In the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model of communication, the Media Access Control layer is one of two sublayers of the Data Link Control layer and is concerned with sharing the physical connection to the network among several computers. Each computer has its own unique MAC address. Ethernet is an example of a protocol that works at the Media Access Control layer level.

If we bitwise and(&) the MAC address and the IP adress we will know which network it belongs to.