Difference between revisions of "Hardware Address"

Revision as of 15:03, 5 February 2014

Use the steps from the appropriate section below to find your computer's MAC Address
Once you have found it, enter into the field in the form. Please leave out hyphens and colons.

At the bottom right corner of the screen click on Network > Open Network and Sharing Center
Click on "Change Adapter Settings"
Select "Local Area Connection"
Click on "Details"
The MAC Address is the "Physical Address" listed in the table

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 === Windows 7 ===
-* At the start menu search for and choose "cmd"
+* At the bottom right corner of the screen click on Network > Open Network and Sharing Center
-[[image:Windows7_1.png]]
+* Click on "Change Adapter Settings"
-* Type ipconfig/all at the prompt that appears and press "Enter"
+* Select "Local Area Connection"
-[[image:Windows7_2.png]]
+* Click on "Details"
-* In the "Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection" section find the "Physical Address"
+* The MAC Address is the "Physical Address" listed in the table
-[[image:Windows7_3.png]]
-* The "Physical Address" is the MAC Address of the machine
 === Windows 8 ===
-* From the desktop, hit the windows button, search for, and select "cmd"
-[[image:Windows8_1.png]]
-* Type ipconfig/all at the prompt that appears and press "Enter"
-[[image:Windows8_2.png]]
-* In the "Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection" section find the "Physical Address"
-[[image:Windows8_3.png]]
-* The "Physical Address" is the MAC Address of the machine
 === Windows XP ===
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 === Linux ===
-* Search for and find the terminal application
-[[image:Linux_1.png]]
-* At the prompt type ifconfig
-[[image:Linux_2.png]]
-* The HWaddr will be listed in the first line of the eth0 section
-[[image:Linux_3.png]]
-* The HWaddr is the MAC Address