Question

1 A school network has several computers. Each computer in the network has a media access control (MAC) address. Hexadecimal is used for MAC addresses. Part of a MAC address is given. 9D – 23 – E7 Each pair of digits is stored as binary in an 8-bit register. (a) Complete the binary register for the following digits.(b) Describe what is meant by a MAC address.

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Answer 1

(a) To convert the hexadecimal digits to binary, we can use the following table:

Hexadecimal Binary

9 1001

D 1101

2 0010

3 0011

E 1110

7 0111

Therefore, the binary register for the given MAC address is:

1001 1101 0010 0011 1110 0111

(b) A MAC address is a unique identifier assigned to a network interface controller (NIC) for use as a network address in communications within a network segment. It is used to uniquely identify devices on a network, such as computers, routers, and switches, to ensure that data is sent to the correct destination. MAC addresses are typically represented as a string of six pairs of hexadecimal digits separated by colons or hyphens.

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