FORMAT OF HARDWARE ADDRESS:
It have of a numeric value and its size is chosen for specific network technology. The length of the message format is one to six bytes.
ASSINGING HARDWARE ADDRESS:
The hardware address have to be unique on a LAN. How can those addresses be given and who is responsible for uniqueness? The answer to these questions relays on the particular LAN technology being used.
There are three type of categories of address forms:
- Static
- Configurable
- Dynamic