Unicast address, multicast address and broadcast address

Asked By peternetwork 0 points N/A Posted on - 12/11/2012

What is the definitions for unicast address, multicast address and broadcast address?

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Answered By John major 0 points N/A #169015

Unicast address, multicast address and broadcast address

Hello,

A Unicast address identifies the MAC address of individual LAN or NIC card. The source address of an Ethernet frame will always be a unicast address.

A multicast address forwards a frame to a subset of devices in the same LAN. . IEEE ethernet multicast address all the time begin with 0100.5E with hexadecimal arrange. The last three bytes can be any arrangement.

A broadcast address sends a frame to all devices in the same LAN. Multicast and broadcast addresses are limited to a LAN or network segment.

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John Major.

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