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| | What is the difference between an IP address and a physical address? |
 | | Every network device has two types of addresses, one called the logical address, in most cases this is the IP Address and the other one being the physical address, also known as MAC Address. |
 | | This IP Address is used to allow all network aware programs, i.e., Internet Explorer, Netscape, Outlook, etc. to use this address when communicating with other hosts. |
 | | So, to sum all that up, you should remember that a IP Address is a logical address which is configured via the operating system, while the MAC address is a hardware address, burnt into the network card's ROM during the manual factoring process. |
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