When you try to access a certain website, your device and a router communicate over their MAC addresses on a local network. Let’s take a look at a graph on how devices communicate using MAC addresses:ĭevice communication over the network via MAC addresses A router holds this information in an ARP table where for each MAC address a local IP address is assigned. In many cases, there are multiple devices connected to the same network – laptops, phones or TVs, and in order for a router to know which internet packets belong to which device it keeps track of every device’s MAC addresses. This address never changes as it is burned-in by a manufacturer. It is used to identify a physical device (or hardware) such as a network interface card (or NIC) on a local network. E8:FC:AF:B9:BE:A2) and is unique to every device. MAC stands for Media Access Control which is an address that contains 12 symbols (ex. Let’s explore further what you need to know about it. The valid MAC address range is 00:50:56:00:00:00 to 00:50:56:3F:FF:FF.įor information about adding and removing network adapters, see Attaching VMs to networks.It’s well known that a VPN can hide an IP address, but what about the MAC address? Can websites track it down or can it be seen on your router even when using a VPN? To answer these questions it is important to understand what the MAC address is and how do devices use it.
If the Settings button isn’t visible, you don’t have permission to edit the VM settings. Navigate to the VM Settings > Network Adapters page for the VM you want to edit.Ĭlick ( Settings) for the VM you want to edit. To edit a VM MAC address, edit the VM network adapter settings You can’t change the MAC address for a Power A CPU architecture that supports IBM i, AIX, and Linux (on Power) in Skytap. A VM can have up to 10 MAC addresses, one for each network adapter on the VM.
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