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Correct purpose of "When is this MAC address used" (#179)
* Correct purpose of "When is this MAC address used"
Second sentense was a tautology in fact, without disclosing the purpose of use
* Missed phrase added to broadcast
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<summary>When is this MAC address used?: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff</summary><br><b>
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When a device sends a packet to the broadcast MAC address (FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF), it is delivered to all stations on the local network. It needs to be used in order for all devices to receive your packet at the datalink layer.
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When a device sends a packet to the broadcast MAC address (FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF), it is delivered to all stations on the local network. Ethernet broadcasts are used to resolve IP addresses to MAC addresses (by ARP) at the datalink layer.
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