Question #137336
Explain how devices get their MAC or IP address.
Expert's answer
The media access control address(MAC) are unique identifiers to each and every device assigned to the network interface controller(NIC) of a device at the time of manufacturing by the manufacturer for use as a network address ensuring the physical address of a device while the IP address can be static or dynamic identifiers assigned to a device once a device connects to the internet and they are assigned locally by ISP but manged globally by the IANA(Internet Assigned Numbers Authority)
