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 ...

Looking to use a private network on your iPhone? There's a variety of reasons you might want to use one, and it's easier than ...

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 ...

A MAC address may be the address of your Mac, but they’re not interchangeable. MAC stands for Media (or Medium) Access Control, a geeky term for a part of network communications between the actual ...

A MAC address is a pretty important piece of information. It stands for Media Access Control address, and it also helps identify your machine on a local network. Every device that can connect to the ...

The MAC address of your computer is the static physical address of the hardware your computer uses to connect to the network. This is in opposition to your computers IP address, which changes and ...

Internet networking involves a lot of alchemy, and I confess to occasionally dropping an eye of newt (or an IP of newt) into a boiling pot to fix problems on my local network. There’s a particular ...