Why Do We Need IP Addresses? - Computerphile

A Computerphile viewer asked the question: Why do we need IP addresses when every network interface has its own Mac address? - I put it to Dr Richard Mortier; University Lecturer in the Computer Laboratory at the University of Cambridge Machine Learning Methods: https://youtu.be/qDbpYUbf3e0 How Search Engines Treat Data: https://youtu.be/vrjAIBgxm_w The Network Stack: https://youtu.be/PG9oKZdFb7w IP Addresses & the Internet: https://youtu.be/L6bDA5FK6gs http://www.facebook.com/computerphile https://twitter.com/computer_phile This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley. Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/nottscomputer Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at http://www.bradyharan.com