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What is a MAC address and what are its components?

A MAC address is a physical unique identifier for a device given by it's manufacturer.

How to get a MAC address.

You can look your devices mac address up through settings or a component listing command, or you could use Wireshark to capture a ping request to a internal or external host.

What is Wireshark and how to use it.

Wireshark is a network tool to sniff packets and give insight on where they go and what data they carry.

How to find a protocol in Wireshark.

You can filter for specific protocols if you would like, it shows you in one of the columns what protocol is being utilized.