Difference between IP ADDRESS & MAC ADDRESS-ABINASH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

DIFFERENCE  BETWEEN  MAC ADDRESS & IP ADDRESS

By ABINASH KUMAR PARIDA 

                              MAC VS IP

  MAC ADDRESS (MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL)

difference between ip address -mac address

1. MAC ADDRESS is the address provided by the manufacturer during the manufacturing of a network adapter. (an example of the network adapter is  " Router")
2. It is a UNIQUE ADDRESS. Every network adapter has a unique number.
3. EXAMPLE of a MAC ADDRESS is  00:01:15:27:89:56 
4. In the above example, the FIRST 3 bits (00:01:15) indicates the name of the manufacturer 
5. It is based on  OSI LAYER 2 
6. less secure than IP ADDRESS.
7. To know what is your MAC ADDRESS on your phone go to phone setting>about>status>wifi -mac address
8. It is 48 bit 
9. MAC ADDRESS work as a permanent address of a device.
10. MAC ADDRESS helps to prevent strangers accessing your network adapter/routers. Your router only accepts MAC ADDRESS that has permission to connect the router.
11. MAC ADDRESS can provide the geographical location of a device.
12. It is more reliable in stolen/ police cases (it helps police to catch criminals)
13. READ DETAILS ABOUT MAC ADDRESS  IN  SIMPLE LANGUAGE

IP ADDRESS (INTERNET PROTOCOL)

1. IP ADDRESS is provided by ISP ( INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER) to its customers 
2. It is a unique address. Every device that connects to the internet has a UNIQUE IP ADDRESS.
3. There are basically 4 types of IP ADDRESSES 1.PRIVATE  2.PUBLIC   3.DYNAMIC    4.STATIC 
4. Public IP ADDRESS changes every time you turn off/on internet
5. private IP ADDRESS never changes .you can check your private IP by going SETTING>ABOUT>STATUS
6. STATIC IP ADDRESS is static/never changes. Static IP ADDRESS mostly used in research & data centers. 
7. It is based on OSI LAYER 3
8. IP ADDRESS is 2 types when it comes to number  1.IPV4 2.IPV6
9. IPV4 is 32bit 
10. example of ipv4 is 12.54.367.23 (you can search on google what is my IPV4 to get the result)
11. IPV6 is 128bit 
12. Example of IPV6 is 13:56:0:00:000:678:5te:0 (you can search on google what is my IPV6 to get the result)
13. IP ADDRESS work as an online address of your device. If you search something on google then google will send the result to your IP ADDRESS.
14. If there is no IP ADDRESS then that result will transfer to the other device instead of your device.
15. IP ADDRESS can tell you GEOLOCATION of your device.
16. Police use the suspect's IP ADDRESS to catch him.
17. READ DETAILS ABOUT IP ADDRESS IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE  HERE.

FAQs RELATED MAC & IP SOLVED

1. WHY NETWORK COMPONENTS NEED ADDRESS?

Address help internet to send packets to a right place. If you search for something on the internet then result come to your IP ADDRESS. Simply address helps in the successful transportation of data.

2. THREE TYPES OF ADDRESSES USED IN NETWORK?

1.PHYSICAL ADDRESS   (Example-MAC ADDRESS)
2.LOGICAL ADDRESS     (Example-IP ADDRESS)
3.SYMBOLIC ADDRESS  (Example-DOMAIN NAME)

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAC & IP ADDRESS IN TABULAR FORM 

Difference between MAC & IP

SL NO	MAC(MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL)	IP (INTERNET PROTOCOL)
01	Provided by a manufacturer during manufacturing of an  INTERNET ADAPTER.	Provided by ISP during an internet connection
02	It never changes	Changes/never changes according to its type.
03	It is 48 bit	It is 32bit/128bit
04	OSI LAYER 2	OSI LAYER 3
05	The work of MAC is to avoid strangers connecting to your ROUTER. Your router allows only permitted MAC ADDRESS.	The work of IP is to exchange certain packets to a certain IP. For example:- Your IP is 12.345.67.89 & google IP is 987.65.43.21 whenever you search for something on the internet result comes from Google IP address to your IP ADDRESS.
06	Police catch a criminal using his  MAC address.	Police can track geolocation of a criminal using his IP ADDRESS.
07	Example of MAC address is 01:12:23:45:68:79 First 3 bits (01:12:23) indicates about manufacturer's OUI number	IP can be static,public,dynamic,private IP address
08	N/A	public IP changes frequently but static & private change never. Dynamic IP address changes after  3-4 month
09	N/A	IP ADDRESS is two types when it comes quantity 1.IPV4 21PV6
10	N/A	1.IPV4  It is 32 bits example-12.23.45.67 IPV6 It is 128 bits example-0:000:12:34et:45:56h:90:0000

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