IP to MAC adress translation

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Published on 2010-05-24T15:52:49Z Indexed on 2010/05/24 16:01 UTC
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Hi, please, tell me one thing I can´t understand. On PC networks which uses TCP/IP protocol set, why is ip adress further translated into MAC adress? I mean, when every device knows its IP, why furher use MAC and not to use IP number as adress directly?

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