History of MAC address

	Revision 7 . . December 6, 2001 1:10 am by The Anome [not all OSI layer 2 networks use MAC; changed see also text]
	Revision 6 . . December 5, 2001 9:29 pm by The Anome [made specific which ATM I was talking about...]
	Revision 5 . . December 5, 2001 9:28 pm by The Anome [added more technologies that use MAC addresses]
	Revision 4 . . (edit) December 5, 2001 6:33 am by The Anome [spelling again...]
	Revision 3 . . December 5, 2001 6:26 am by The Anome [fixup, expand]
	Revision 2 . . (edit) December 5, 2001 6:19 am by The Anome [spelling]
	Revision 1 . . December 5, 2001 6:18 am by The Anome [Created stub for MAC address]

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Changed: 1c1

A 'Media Access Control address' or MAC address is a 48-bit identifier used to assign addresses in OSI Layer 2 networks. MAC addresses are assigned by the IEEE, and are used in the following network technologies:

A 'Media Access Control address' or MAC address is a 48-bit identifier used to assign addresses in some OSI Layer 2 networks. MAC addresses are assigned by the IEEE, and are used in the following network technologies:

Changed: 12c12

They are also closely related to NSAP addresses.

See also: NSAP address for another endpoint addressing scheme.