[gnome-user-docs] net-macaddress.page - completed draft. ready for review.

[Jim Campbell <jcampbell src gnome org>]

commit e4005dd682ebf418d1897eb249d5a12e80a27908
Author: Jim Campbell <jwcampbell gmail com>
Date:   Mon Mar 21 13:22:16 2011 -0400

    net-macaddress.page - completed draft. ready for review.

 gnome-help/C/net-macaddress.page |   27 ++++++++++++---------------
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/gnome-help/C/net-macaddress.page b/gnome-help/C/net-macaddress.page
index f77c89b..607ecdb 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/net-macaddress.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/net-macaddress.page
@@ -1,33 +1,30 @@
 <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/";
-      type="topic"
+      type="topic" style="tip"
       id="net-macaddress">
   <info>
     <link type="guide" xref="net"/>
-    <revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2011-03-20" status="stub"/>
+    <revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2011-03-20" status="review"/>
 
-    <credit type="author copyright">
+    <credit type="author">
       <name>Shaun McCance</name>
       <email>shaunm gnome org</email>
       <years>2011</years>
     </credit>
+    <credit type="author">
+      <name>Jim Campbell</name>
+      <email>jwcampbell gmail com</email>
+      <years>2011</years>
+    </credit>
 
-    <desc></desc>
+    <desc>The unique code assigned to network hardware.</desc>
   </info>
 
   <title>What is a MAC address?</title>
 
-  <comment>
-    <cite date="2011-03-20" href="mailto:shaunm gnome org">Shaun McCance</cite>
-    <p>This assumes the reader knows how to.... By the end of this page,
-    the reader will be able to....</p>
-  </comment>
+  <p>A <em>MAC address</em> is the unique code that is assigned by the manufacturer to a piece of network hardware (like a wireless card or an ethernet card). <em>MAC</em> stands for <em>Media Access Control</em>, and each code is intended to be unique to a particular device.</p>
 
-  <p>Short introductory text...</p>
+  <p>A MAC address consists of six sets of two characters, each separated by a colon. <code>00:1B:44:11:3A:B7</code> is an example of a MAC address.</p>
 
-  <steps>
-    <item><p>First step...</p></item>
-    <item><p>Second step...</p></item>
-    <item><p>Third step...</p></item>
-  </steps>
+  <p>In practice, a MAC address may sometimes legitimately need to be modified, or "spoofed." For example, some internet service providers may require that a specific MAC address be used to access their service. If the network card stops working, and the user changes their network card, the service won't work anymore. In such cases, the user would need to spoof the MAC address.</p>
 
 </page>