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kruk
on July 26, 2012
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Why couldn't MAC addresses be used instead of IPv4...
MAC and IP are in two different layers of OSI model and while both are technically addresses, they are independent of each other and their role is different. Not every network uses IP addressing and not every device has a MAC address.
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