DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAC VS IP ADDRESS

MAC (  Media Access Control )

It is physical address 
It is 48 bits (6 bytes) 
It is hexadecimal Number 
MAC address is assigned by the Manufacturer of NIC card 
It works at OSI layer 2 Link layer 

IP ( Internet protocol )
It is logical address 
It is 32 bit address 
It is decimal number digits or Binary 
It changing depending on the network environment
It is provided by ISP ( internet service provider ) or Network Admistrator 
It works network layer 

NIC full form - (Network interface card )

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