Comments on: mac layer https://www.emblogic.com/blog/09/mac-layer/ Embedded System and ARM Training Mon, 07 Oct 2013 04:00:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.1 By: Sanjeev Kumar https://www.emblogic.com/blog/09/mac-layer/#comment-2589 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 05:44:44 +0000 http://emblogic.org/blog/?p=5355#comment-2589 OSI has 7 layers but again OSI is a conceptual model never really implemented

rather TCP/IP is a real working mechanism

and coming to MAC. MAC is the hardware address written on the specific device.

layer 2 devices communicate using layer 2 address i.e. datalink layer communicates using MAC addresses.

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