What's is the difference between IP address and Physical Address ??

Question

and how can I see my physical address and my IP address?? :)

thanks

Answer 1

IP Address is Internet Protocol address, it's a number assigned to you computer or router to make it unique on the Network.

Physical address (also known as MAC Address) is hard written into your computer and is completely unique from all other computers.

On a windows machine open the command window (Start -> run, then type in cmd and hit enter). Then type the command ipconfig /all.

Answer 2

What is an IP address? What is a Physical Address?
The IP address is an address bound to the network device, i.e., computer, via software. In a Windows-powered computer, the Windows operating system allows the user to configure the IP address the specific workstation will have. This IP address is used to allow all network aware programs, i.e., Internet Explorer, Netscape, Outlook, etc. to use this address when communicating with other hosts. The seventh layer in the OSI model has the IP addresses.
The MAC address is a hardware address, which means it is unique to the network card installed on your PC. No two devices on a local network should ever have the same MAC address. In the unlikely event this occurs, the two devices will have major communication problems. During the manufacturing process, the vendor "burns" a specific MAC address into each network card's ROM. When the serial numbers have all been used, they start from the beginning, as it's very unlikely anyone would buy two network cards from the same vendor, and they will contain the same MAC address.
So, to sum all that up, you should remember that a IP address is a logical address which is configured via the operating system, while the MAC address is a hardware address, burnt into the network card's ROM during the manufacturing process.
Source: http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/eac/knowledgebaseAnswer/0,295199,sid63_gci974700,00.html

Answer 3

An IP address is assigned by either the computer itself or the router it is connected to (whether that be at your home or at your ISP).

Your Physical Address is based on your hardware and cannot be changed (without swapping some hardware).

Both can be found by doing: Start >> Run >> Command

Then type: ipconfig /all
and hit enter

There you will see IP Address and Physical Address (also known as a MAC Address).

Answer 4

go to start, run type in cmd hit ok type in ipconfig /all you will see lines that have physical address and ip address listed there.

In computer networking a Media Access Control address (MAC address) is a unique identifier attached to most network adapters (NICs). It is a number that acts like a name for a particular network adapter, so, for example, the network cards (or built-in network adapters) in two different computers will have different names, or MAC addresses, as would an Ethernet adapter and a wireless adapter in the same computer, and as would multiple network cards in a router. However, it is possible to change the mac address on most of today's hardware.

Answer 5

The hardware layer interfaces in a network have a physical Media Access Control (MAC) address that uniquely identifies them. Then the software layer has an Internet Protocol (IP) address that everyone is familiar with.

Answer 6

IP asddress is your Internet Provider's numeric address for your computer (if you moved down the street, your computer's address would still be the same cause its the same computer). Your physical address is where you live.

Answer 7

Click "Start" on the taskbar, then click "All Programs". Then "accessories" and then "Command Prompt". Then type in "ipconfig" without the parenthsees, this will show you your ip addresses. Hope this helped!

Answer 8

basically ip adress is the name of the computer for another computer to identify your comptuer.

Answer 9

ip = comp
physical = you