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* From the desktop, hit the windows button, search for, and select "cmd"
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* Type ipconfig/all at the prompt that appears and press "Enter"
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* In the "Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection" section find the "Physical Address"
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* The "Physical Address" is the MAC Address of the machine
  
 
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=== OS X ===

Revision as of 12:14, 5 February 2014

How to Find MAC Addess[edit]

Windows 7[edit]

  • At the start menu search for and choose "cmd"
  • Type ipconfig/all at the prompt that appears and press "Enter"
  • In the "Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection" section find the "Physical Address"
  • The "Physical Address" is the MAC Address of the machine

Windows 8[edit]

  • From the desktop, hit the windows button, search for, and select "cmd"
  • Type ipconfig/all at the prompt that appears and press "Enter"
  • In the "Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection" section find the "Physical Address"
  • The "Physical Address" is the MAC Address of the machine

OS X[edit]

  • Go to System Preferences and select Network
  • Make sure Ethernet is selected on the left side menu and click on "Advanced"
  • Click on the far right tab called "Hardware"
  • Mac Address is listed at the top

Linux[edit]

  • Search for and find the terminal application
  • At the prompt type ifconfig
  • The HWaddr will be listed in the first line of the eth0 section
  • The HWaddr is the MAC Address