Mac Addresses Explained

In this video I discuss how MAC addresses work
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[@hossamdash]

had 4 courses on networks at my college, that part about translation and mac addresses was a big blur until now. godspeed gentooman.

[@kirayoshikage4057]

>retook the same course 4 times and still didn't get it

[@zehph]

@@kirayoshikage4057 And you still using greentext notation in 2021 go back to /g ffs

[@MoarpheXx]

He didn't mention how the traffic actually splits at the router/gateway via Port Address Translation (PAT) though, the part about assigning IP configuration to devices using MAC addresses is correct but has nothing to do with how local network devices communicate with public hosts (since it all works on layer 3 and above)

[@zehph]

@@MoarpheXx There isn't much need to go in the nitty gritty details and talk about OSI standards and its layers I think, he usually makes bite sized videos covering the most important aspects and how it matters for your security and privacy and a simple enough recommendation. One can always go deeper when something peaks his/her interest!

[@MoarpheXx]

@@zehph I wasn't focusing on the details of the OSI model but was rather referring to OPs point that MAC and NAT had something to do with each other given his impression, I know Kenny makes very summarized videos about these topics and I can tell that since I read some books about networking myself and even got some Cisco certificates in that field, I just wanted to correct on that little thing for OP and anyone reading the comments who wants to find out more about that

[@CFSworks]

This guy gets it! Pretty much everything in this video is spot-on, except: - 802.11 is WiFi only. Ethernet is 802.3 and Bluetooth is 802.15.1. - Most big vendors (like Sony) don't reuse MAC addresses, they just register more OUI blocks and/or buy another vendor's unused space. (But some smaller ones DO reuse, so Mental's point is still valid.) - NAT converts Internet IPs private LAN IPs, because the latter aren't valid on the Internet at large. It is true that your MAC address isn't used on the Internet either, but that's because MAC addresses are only for communication across a single link. NAT is uninvolved here. - Changing your MAC address for privacy isn't something you need to do by hand. Modern Windows, macOS, *nix systems using NetworkManager with the right config, and Android/iOS will all do this for you.

[@rekunan]

How often does it automatically change?

[@CFSworks]

@@rekunan I can only speak for my setup, but it's unique per network, per boot, with a fully random MAC used when scanning WiFi. NetworkManager lets you configure how exactly it behaves. No idea about other platforms. @FnLn Unsure about Win11, but if Win10 has it turned off by default, they probably kept that. Still - better to turn that setting on once than to go into your connection properties every day! :D

[@TheGreenWaver]

Also that's illegal in certain countries if not in all of them

[@CFSworks]

@@TheGreenWaver Legal in the US, EU, and Canada at least. Which countries do you have in mind where it's illegal?

[@sohn7767]

@@TheGreenWaver also interested where it’s illegal

[@fayth78]

One of my comp sci teachers who's been teaching for 10 years told me when I asked her what I Mac address is and she said it's for MacOS ☠️

[@IvanTube0]

@Caliber-Calibur bruh

[@fisshbone]

I know the MAC address 😎 it is 1 Infinity Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014

[@belstar1128]

Yea you have a lot of boomers teachers that don't know much about computers teaching comp sci because they lack younger teachers when i was in school all we learned was how to use Microsoft word and how to type quickly.

[@MrMediator24]

@@belstar1128 I have some teachers in uni who almot 80 years old, yet they quite compitent with things like modern languages and proccessor architectures

[@belstar1128]

@@MrMediator24 Yea and while i said boomer teachers my teachers where only about 10 years older than me born in the 1980s so there is no excuse the female teachers where very bad with computers even if they where not that old the males where ok ish if they where young but there where not many and the older ones had no idea what they where doing too but if you are a high school teacher you do not need to same standards as a university professor

[@frankmerker630]

As of this morning I was looking into changing my MAC address to avoid wifi bandwidth limitations at the hotel I’m staying in. Always feel like this dude be spying on me lol always making pertinent content

[@rafaelpolonio7095]

ah, so the NSA interrogation has finally come to an end?

[@MentalOutlaw]

yes, they traded me alien technology in exchange for letting them live

[@inparis5724]

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[@thedragonrises6882]

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[@1ute]

@@treach_ hahahah baste

[@MandenTV]

@@treach_ Nice

[@N.S.A.]

👍

[@purplep3466]

sh*ut up

[@Jan12700]

4:05 That's not really true. If Manufacturers are used up all there address, they simply get an additional address range. In that case, Sony would get 00-11-15.

[@xrafter]

Yes this is true i don't about the thing in the video.

[@DDXofficial]

never knew about based.cooking, i like it

[@xerneastrainer8111]

It was made by Kenny's deepfake non-blackface account. The tendies from the tendie video are on there.

[@DDXofficial]

@@xerneastrainer8111 i noticed that, actually

[@ImperiumLibertas]

@WolframaticAlpha they're the same person...deep fake technology

[@InventorZahran]

@@xerneastrainer8111 Are you joking? I'm still relatively new to the Mental Outlaw -fandom- *fraternity* , so I can't tell if this is a joke or not.

[@neonblood4658]

@@InventorZahran it is in fact true, if you were wondering

[@rustjesus6362]

Have a nice day everyone.

[@memesfromtheforsakenworlwi9218]

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[@memesfromtheforsakenworlwi9218]

no need to thank me

[@orpheustakenvanced]

@@memesfromtheforsakenworlwi9218, my day is ruined, thanks.

[@MentalOutlaw]

thanks you too

[@ianzalcberg]

Hope you have one too

[@Ilikewater-andice]

"MAC Adress? But I dont even have an Apple Computer!"

[@SonOfMeme]

Man I loved User Friendly way back when people still read webcomics [sound of monster ultra white being opened]

[@jtbebop497]

2:27 that's an extremely satisfying IP Address ngl

[@purplep3466]

we're so limited to those IP addresses

[@alexander3293]

yep and his real ip is right below in the first search results description ^^

[@jtbebop497]

@@alexander3293 lol I see it now

[@monkemode8128]

@@alexander3293 I'm pretty sure that's the IP of the crawler

[@alexander3293]

@@monkemode8128 damn you're right, i completely didm't thaught about that

[@awndolznmowdlzkwndznwua]

Never knew it stood for "Media Acces Control Adress"! Pretty cool stuff! Also, I think I heard you doing some pentesting basics, please do some tutorials, even if its basic!!!

[@ultraviolet.catastrophe]

Wait till you hear what ping stands for

[@awndolznmowdlzkwndznwua]

@@ultraviolet.catastrophe for real?

[@gickygackers]

@@awndolznmowdlzkwndznwua grab a book and start reading

[@boatygatling4782]

tryhackme.com has some pretty well made interactive lessons aimed at beginning pentesters. one of the earlier ones iirc goes over networking.

[@francelladiaz697]

thanks for the video! I'm retaking the CCNA courses and I rather have this topics explained verbally than on the platform

[@rarrawer]

Certain varieties of network adaptors have been known to have defects causing the MAC address to all be the same, meaning that if you use more than one on the same LAN they fail to work.

[@oscillatingturtle2487]

Fun trick if there's a wifi network that you can connect to but are required to sign into (like a hotel's wifi) you can connect then see the other connected devices mac's and copy their mac's and make it your own you then have access to the network (in most cases)

[@overamped23042]

You just need to wait till the device with that mac address is way from the network.

[@tokisuno]

used to change my MAC address on my chromebook through croot so then i could evade my child safety timer on the internet LMAO

[@michielw.8101]

Genious!

[@tokisuno]

@@michielw.8101 in the end i did end up showing them what i was doing and how i could do this across my main devices and they turned it off cause they gave up with me. ROFL.

[@username-du2er]

@@tokisuno well that's good at least. rather than taking away the chromebook lol

[@tokisuno]

@@username-du2er yeah i wasnt a very good kid cause i would try to find workarounds to what my parents would do to punish me. at least it made me who i am :D.

[@BeansEnjoyer911]

Good street address analogy. I live with someone who has the same first and last name as me.. and it’s extremely easy to mix up our mail

Yo Mental, you planning on discussing the Steam Deck? I wanna hear your take on it.

[@gentoouser4361]

yeah especially steam os. A linux based operating system that can run almost any steam game? sounds awesome!

[@Milchjaeger]

@@gentoouser4361 yes thanks to the cooperation with Proton! We might see Steam pretty much fully port windows games to Linux because of the Steam Deck :D

[@SleepyAdam]

Proton is pretty much running everything I throw at it these days. Only exceptions I've found are games using anti-cheat which is to be expected, or games that were terribly optimized in the first place like Quake Champions.

[@nicolascossio5961]

@@Milchjaeger when they fix the anticheat problem i will switch fully to linux

[@igorthelight]

@@nicolascossio5961 They literally can't. * Anti-cheat detects changed libraries as hacked * Proton can't use non-modified libraries for two reasons: 1. Most libraries are closed source so Proton devs (mostly WINE devs) should make a very close replica of those libraries 2. Those libraries works with Windows. To make them work on Linux - they must be modified

[@SheeplessNW6]

Seems strange to have an entire video about MAC addresses without even mentioning the MAC randomisation used in Android. An Android phone will still have the burned-in vendor-assigned MAC address for its wifi, but, instead of using this, by default Android will assign a random MAC address when connecting to wifi, for privacy purposes. You can disable this, and may need to if you lock down your network to only allow a particular set of addresses.

[@Keirnoth]

Yeah, static DHCP doesn't work if you randomize the MAC address, but thankfully you can turn it off based on a per-network basis. It's also on by default on any new network you connect to as well so you can't "forget" to randomize your MAC address.

[@sohn7767]

does android not allow randomization per network? So every time you connect to a new network, you get a randomized address, but it will persist for the next time you connect

[@SheeplessNW6]

@@sohn7767 I believe that's how it works, yes

[@bumbixp]

MAC adresses don't really have anything to do with NAT. MAC is a data link layer (L2) protocol, while NAT utilizes protocols on the network layer (L3) and transport layer (L4). Typically your router will replace the source IP address of outgoing packages with the routers external IP address. To keep track of where to send responses it maintains a table of which TCP/UDP port was used in the outbound connection. It then replaces the destination address of incoming package according to that table.

[@randomgeocacher]

Yes, as far as the ISP is concerned the router is a single Link MAC regardless of if NAT is used or not. He (MO) was trying to explain in a very beginner friendly way how NICs only have to be unique within one link/LAN domain… NAT may help some understand this concept while it technically is unrelated, confuses the subject and arguable is unhelpful :-)

[@UK-nf3ui]

Thank you for saving me from having to learn this from Google's diverse robot teachers. You know how to keep things interesting

[@elguero933]

Very well explained, I loved it !

[@bonkmaykr]

Your editing has gotten alot better (arch btw) Informative and helpful video as always c:

[@mintymisfit]

I wonder if Mental would ever review AmogOS, the sussiest linux distro in existance!

[@lincolnthedev1047]

PLEASE

[@glitchy_weasel]

sussy baka

[@fnax]

Pc version of amogos is only debian with amogus rice 😢

[@broyojo]

wow, Gentooland. I would like to go there some day.

[@dickheadrecs]

MAC Address is how Tim Cook accesses your cookies. The Tim Cookies.

[@pedrogadea4926]

great video, nice references

[@comrade3111]

I was wondering when you were gonna talk about MAC addresses. Nice video keep it up pump some more privacy and security related videos, I like them atleast. Thanks.

[@DeadEndGoose]

3:07 card crusher reference, niiiice!

[@Cookiekeks]

Finally, you're back. I missed my daily dose of mental outlaw

[@Ultra289]

I remember something from uni That Mac address could have 3 types Unicast,multicast and Broadcast Broadcast Mac being FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF if i remember correctly

[@shadowoftiger116]

Hey Mental Outlaw, do you have any KZbin channels you would recommend to someone who was wanting to further their understanding on Linux? Imo you are top dog for Linux videos, but I was hoping to hear what you think would be some high-quality Linux content since you are a Linux guru. Thank you for your time man I love all of your videos they have taught me so much and made me a better person. Have a good day

[@codenoob9325]

Learn Linux TV

[@mortrix9711]

You can check out his second channel, called Luke Smith.

[@effect5]

Maybe in a next video you could react to "Freedom Phone" it is really funny.

[@eddiemiller6909]

Mega based fren.

[@AntiWanted]

Nice

[@knightrider585]

based.cooking crossover reference!

[@drewconley6444]

Lol that DHCP image

[@geist453]

more cooking videos please been eating tuna sandwhich and meatballs for over a month need more meals to make

[@thomasdaem]

I was waiting for the the bit the you would show us how to change our social security number

[@qdmc12]

Thank you very much for this information!

[@cid-chan-2]

Faster explanation: Mac Address is a channel on KZbin by the Linus Media Group that focuses on that other OS-that-must-not-be-named. /j

[@saivishnu725]

And everyone are ignoring how his ip address says that he is in GENTOOland, Antartica.

[@castles990]

Based

[@Alexander-is9jo]

This was really helpful thanks

[@BareSphereMass]

Your thumbnails are amazing!

[@Veshremy]

Thank you mr outlaw, very based

[@frankmerker630]

Too based under the current zeitgeist

[@zecekobold2140]

I really appreciate your videos.

[@egg5474]

He has returned.

[@albsaures3297]

A cultured man I see, I subscribed to a cultured man hehee

[@mostafamohammed4853]

Nice video please, keep making videos explaining networking

[@mushenji]

Awesome. Plus today is Friday, we need to do another hitman level.

[@du64]

Very informative, thank you!

[@lowescherabel]

Will there be a video on recent Pegasus stuff?

[@theultramage]

1:35 an odd detour - ipv4 and NAT and all that. Could have just said that ethernet has its own addressing method. 2:43 another confusing bit, it seems like you were trying to explain two separate things but they got mixed together. As to "how does the NATing router know where to send data", it uses one of its ports, the destination ip, and the destination port, to effectively have 64 bits to uniquely identify the sender-receiver pair of a connection. For the inbound direction, a single ipv4 host can expose 2^16 services via NAT, each supporting up to 2^16 connections from each other ip4 host, again for 2^64 possible connections total. Furthermore, there are 1-2 extra bits to be had by also distinguishing the protocol (TCP, UDP, SCTP, ...) of the connection.

[@phillphall]

Based.cooking is where it's at

[@RealNovgorod]

MAC collision on the same network is not as bad as you might think and would only affect DHCP because nowadays the MAC is not used for pretty much anything else. A smart enough router would also reject your DHCP request if there's already an active device on the network with the same MAC, but I guess it could be "hackable" by how the "active" device is determined. Even so, the worst consequence of this is an internal IP collision and all major OSes can detect this (Windows won't let you on the network if your IP is already taken). So unless you do some MITM-like network manipulation, there won't be scrambled packages floating around. And if you happen to have a MAC collision without any malicious intention and no easy way to spoof a different MAC, just manually set different IP addresses and the NAT will work just fine.

[@Supervideo1491]

Next, you should make a video on Exherbo Linux.

[@DHealey]

In 5 seconds I learn something new. I always thought MAC was short for machine, never knew it was an acronym

[@fran8442]

man i love the pepes in your thumbnails

[@coomer8265]

great video thanks

[@johnsmokin]

need to somehow change MAC addresses on several different devices that are all on the same network in a very crowded area. that would be pretty wild.

[@HAXAHAX]

Can you make a video just talking about cool useful website like based cooking I didn't know it existed until now and it's extremely useful.

[@chickenbonelives]

Damn this channel is great!

[@trapccountant]

love the based.cooking inclusion

[@catmansion]

Gentooland, Antartica

[@martymoist]

Thumbnails awesome

[@LordiGFX]

Great video,really helpful

[@azatecas]

great vid, actually learned something new

[@q1fiend623]

Nearly choked on soda at the based.cooking reference.

[@alfalfa8168]

unrelated question: what do you think of SerenityOS? The videos of it have been flooding my recommended, so I was curious what you think.

[@ted2j]

thank you i did not even know what Rule34 was 🤣

[@GlitterGlitchy]

Daekwon, i caught that startup reference

[@Graphene_314]

I had to change my MAC address when my uni's ISP fucking banned my MAC for connecting to a Dirty Bomb server.

[@titomfuendes6869]

Slowly unraveling the terms of service one video at a time

[@mzpl7357]

Useful video, ty :)

[@InventorZahran]

I don't use a Mac computer, so I don't have a Mac address. I have a PC address instead. Right?

[@MrMediator24]

If you want to see results of the samy addresses, look movie brilliant soviet movie "Irony of Fate"

[@peenweinerstein9968]

More vids like this for network plebs plz

[@awesomefj]

Wait, so does the router check the port or the mac adress of the local device when it wants to send it data?

[@user-wy9xi6gh9w]

Make a video on Matrix!!

[@voltovsky3856]

what if i keep changing the mac adress until its same as other person have? can i receive some sensitive data then??? or its not working in that way

[@braindeadgaming8430]

Time to cause some chaos at school

[@cleitonfelipe2092]

Gentooland, Antarctica. I knew it.

[@SFSAtlas]

BT has a similar thing to those Xfinity WiFi hotspots but you have to pay for them

[@pajeetsingh]

Do video on Systemd vs Openrc.

[@discipleofshoopy4346]

post more explained videos!

[@luckydog7896]

sup

[@DVRC]

If you MAC address starts with eihter 08:00:69 or 08:00:20, you have fine taste. And if you have a MAC address that starts with 08:00:20, you're likely to have repaired the NVRAM and have typed: "f idprom@ 1 xor f mkp 08 00 20 xx yy zz xxyyzz mkpl ^d ^r"

[@codenoob9325]

Will you talk about the regressive server side public license (sspl) and how it destroyed elastic search? And how AWS managed to fund a fork project under the name of opensearch? And does someone know is there a fork of Mongodb or not?

[@Marco-yk8kp]

day 7 of asking kenny to make a video on the mozzila is made by the feds situation

[@RoyGBiv-lc8tv]

You should talk about how much of a scam the freedom phone is. Your take would be wayyyy more informed than most other KZbinrs.

[@user-hz6zi6qu9c]

perfect website Segway

[@HG-zn4kv]

wasnt there a video about being internet private that came out after this vid? did it get removed?

[@linuxlover3035]

How to learn networks as a beginner ?

[@trp225]

2:45 to 3:22. Yes DHCP can be used instead of setting a manual Statiic IP, however something called ARP is also used locally to figure out who is who. ex device talking: While know I am 192.168.1.1 using FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF (the broadcast MAC Address) who is (or has) 192.168.1.6 ?

[@ce9916]

Great explanation, but now I’m wondering. If the internal network uses MAC address for routing, then why do we even need internal IP addresses?

[@Louca1]

to access servers on your local network via browser. for me at least

[@turtleb01]

Devices with duplicate MAC addresses probably don't actually exist, companies simply have multiple prefixes. Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc had 16 prefixes (in 2017)

[@cristianjuarez1086]

Of course they do exist

[@mateuszzimon8216]

I know DC where have same MAC in same rack

[@bencenoz]

Steam deck is using Arch, where's our video with an exotic thumbnail?

[@Alexifeu]

Yo I even have a Pixel AND a Playstation :o