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These are instructions on how to find the MAC address of your ethernet or wireless networking card in Mac OS X. You will be shown data on all your interfaces. On systems with both an ethernet. Oct 15, 2018 - Select Apple Icon > System Preferences > Network > Advanced. A WiFi Address or Airport Address displays. This is your device's MAC address.
What is MAC Address?
A Media Access Control address (MAC address) is a 12 character unique identifier assigned to networking hardware like Wireless Adapters, WiFi Routers, etc. MAC Addresses are of the form 01-23-45-67-89-ab or 01:23:45:67:89:ab.
How to find MAC Address of WiFi Router??
To find the MAC Address of your WiFi Router, follow these steps below:
- Connect to your wireless router.
- Go to start>Run
- Now type cmd & press OK Button.
- Command Prompt window will open up. Type ipconfig /all & press enter. Something like the screenshot below will pop up.
- Now find Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection: and under it find Physical Address :
- The Address located on the right side is your WiFi MAC address. ?
This document explains how to find the IP number and MAC address of a network card in Windows.
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How to find the IP number and MAC address of a network card
- Click the Run button in the Windows Start Menu.
- Type cmd in the Open prompt of the Run menu and click OK to launch a command prompt window.
- Type ipconfig /all at the command prompt to check the network card settings.
- The IP number and MAC address are listed by ipconfig under IP Address and Physical Address.
- You can copy the Physical Address and IP Address from the command prompt by right clicking in the command prompt and clicking Mark. Then select the text you want to copy with the mouse and hit the enter key.
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Owner: | Leah S. | Group: | DoIT Help Desk |
Created: | 2005-12-14 18:00 CST | Updated: | 2018-01-21 22:02 CST |
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