MR> On 09/30/07 rallee2{at}comcast.net wrote:
> Are you referring to MAC address as in the "serial number" of various 
> hardware devices and especially NICs?

 MR> No. The term MAC is used as if it were a networkind "device"  or
 MR> programs.

actually, it is the same ;)

it is a uingue identifier assigned to networking hardware (as per my
previous message on this topic)... some folk call them serial numbers but
they are actually more than that ;)

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