How to Find an Ethernet Adapter's MAC Address
Problem:
Workaround:Follow these instructions to find your adapter's Media Access Control address (MAC address), the unique identifier of a computer device. The MAC address appears as a twelve digit alphanumeric string separated by colons.
Example of a MAC address: 00:00:00:a1:2b:cc
Jump to instructions for:
- Windows Vista and Windows 7
- Windows 2000, 2003, XP and NT
- Windows 95, 98 and earlier
- Mac OS 10.4 and higher
- Mac OS 10.3 and lower
- Linux/Unix
- Click on the Start button.
- In the Run text box, type cmd. This will open the command window.
- At the command prompt, type ipconfig /all.
- Copy down the "Physical Address" (aka the MAC address) from the "Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection" section.
- Close the command prompt window.
- Click Start > Run.
- In the Run text box, type cmd and hit enter. A command prompt window should appear.
- At the command prompt, type ipconfig /all.
- Copy down the "Physical Address" from the "Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection" section.
- Close the command prompt window.
- Click Start > Run. A command prompt window appears.
- Type winipcfg.
- Click OK.
- Copy down the "Adapter Address" (the MAC address).
- Close the command prompt window.
- From the Apple icon in the upper left-hand corner of the desktop, select System Preferences.
- From the Internet & Wireless section, select Network.
- From the AirPort menu, click on the Advanced button.
- At the bottom of the AirPort tab, the MAC address is listed as AirPort ID. Copy down the twelve digit alphanumeric string.
- To exit, click on the Cancel button of the AirPort info, then click on the red button in the upper left corner of the Network window.
These instructions may also work for some earlier OS.
- From the Apple Menu at top left of the desktop, select System Preferences > Network.
- Select Show: Built-in Ethernet in the pull down menu.
- Click Ethernet.
- Your adapter's MAC address is the characters in Ethernet ID.
Finding the MAC address varies across the different Linux/Unix operating systems. In many systems, the following command will return the MAC address:
ifconfig -a
If this does not work, please refer to the instruction manuals available from your particular operating system's website.
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Updated Date: 04/12/2010 03:22 PM
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