When you think about networking, IP addresses are probably the first things that come to mind. But there’s another type of network address called a MAC address that actually forms the foundation upon ...

Every network adapter has what is called a Media Access Control address that uniquely identifies it. Think of it as an ID. Having to manually go to every computer on the network, and taking the time ...

When communicating over Wi-Fi, your iPhone needs to verify itself on the network before it can receive data—intended for it—on that network. It does this using a MAC address or Wi-Fi address. While ...

Can you get a Web browser’s media access control (MAC) address from a Web server? It would probably be impractical to send an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) request. Can you get a Web browser’s ...

Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. The 'MAC address' is a unique identifier present on most devices ...

Who goes around memorizing their MAC address? Students, apparently. And it’s not a bad idea. Who goes around memorizing their MAC address? Students, apparently. And it’s not a bad idea. Joe Marinello, ...

The Mac’s Systems Preferences Network applet enables configuring network settings, while the Network Utility (found within Applications\Utilities) provides a graphical interface for troubleshooting ...

MAC or Media Access Control address is an essential element in establishing communication between devices. Most network interfaces on modern devices, be it smartphones, tablets, computers, or even ...

Rita was a Managing Editor at Android Police. Once upon a time, she was a pharmacist as well. Her love story with Android started in 2009 and has been going stronger with every update, device, tip, ...

A new iOS 14 privacy feature could potentially cause problems for enterprise or educational network and device management setups, Cisco warned on Thursday. The privacy feature in question is an option ...