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How to Find Hardware Address
- make sure your Ethernet cable is plugged in while completing these steps
- Hardware address can also be referred to as Mac Address or Physical Address
- 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.
Windows 7
- 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"
- The MAC Address is the "Physical Address" listed in the table
Windows 8
- On the tile screen, select the desktop tile
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- In the lower right corner, right click on the network icon and choose "Open Network and Sharing Center"
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- In the left column, choose "Change Adapter Settings"
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- Select the Ethernet Connection
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- The MAC Address is the "Physical Address" listed in the table
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Windows XP
- Click on the network icon in the lower right hand corner
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- In the window that pops up will be a "Support" tab, click on it
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- The MAC Address is the Physical Address listed at the top
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OS X
- 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
- Click on the Network Connection Icon in the upper right corner and select "Connection Information"
- The "Hardware Address" is listed in the table, that is the MAC Address