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Hello students, so here the question is why does viyashark show actual mac address of the localhost but not the actual mac address for the remote host.
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So here the viyashark is a widely used network protocol analyzer that captures and displays the data traveling back and forth on the network.
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When it comes to the mac address shown by the viyashark, there are a few key reasons why it might display the actual mac address of the localhost but not in case of remote host.
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So here the first reason is local network visibility.
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The local network visibility is directly accessible by the machine running viyashark.
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So it can easily capture and display the actual mac addresses of the localhost.
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It has a direct access to the network hardware, allowing it to see the source and the destination mac address for the local traffic.
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So this is the reason local network visibility.
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Network segmentation when it comes to the remote host, especially those outside the local network, the traffic often traverses multiple network segments, routers and switches.
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So in this scenario, the mac address are typically snipped and replaced with the mac address of the intermediate network devices such as router and switches of the packet traverse different network segments...