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Both MAC addresses and IP addresses are required to send data to its destination -- but they work in different ways. MAC addresses are used for local identification, while IP addresses responsible for global identification. MAC and IP addresses also operate on different layers of the OSI model. The MAC is a Layer 2 device, and the MAC address is a Layer 2 address, while IP corresponds to Layer 3 of the OSI model.

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