Addressing in OSI Layer 2 and Layer 3 In the OSI 7-layer model, only Layer 2 (Data Link Layer) and Layer 3 (Network Layer) use addressing schemes:Layer 2 uses a physical address, known as the MAC addressLayer 3 uses a logical address, known as the IP addressMAC Address (Layer 2)A MAC address is split into two 24-bit parts:OUI (Organizationally Unique Identifier): Assigned by IEEE to identify th..