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What is the difference between physical address and logical address?

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Question added by Muhammad adnan Qumar , IT engineer , Synopsis Solutions Ltd
Date Posted: 2016/03/05
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Humza Farooqui
by Humza Farooqui , Associate Manager , Telenor Bank MicroFinance

The Physical address is the layer 2 address i.e Media Access Control(MAC) which is working on layer 2 devices like switches / bridges where as the logical address is the layer 3 address i.e Internet Protocol (IP) which is working on layer 3 devices like Router.

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