Thread: MAC address
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Old 19-08-2008, 08:44   #3
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Re: MAC address
Interesting. This is an area where my understanding is a bit vague.

As a packet goes through a series of routing devices does each one substitute it's own MAC address for the source?

That being the case presumably the destination each time is the next 'hop' along the route?
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