finding my MAC address

uberwolf

bless my innocence.

How do I find what is termed a MAC address in PC parlance? Its a network connection thingy...

Sleipnir

It's the hardware address of your network card.
Takes the format xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

go to start, run type cmd and hit return.
In the command prompt type
ipconfig /all
and you'll see your IP address and MAC address of your different network cards.

uberwolf

would that be ethernet ID? cos I have something in the format you describe. Thing is the comp services are telling me it has to begin with a digit between a and f. Does that refer to PCs only?

Sleipnir

Yes, it's your ethernet ID.
It doesn't always begin with a and f. it's random.

http://www-dcn.fnal.gov/DCG-Docs/mac/MAC-OS-X.html

uberwolf

thanking you

Mantel

It can have a number of anything between 0 and 9 or between a and f. The first 3 sets of digits can be used to identify who made the card, like the mac address from the first picture (00:0a:95) can be put in to a search like the one here and well.... it's fairly obvious its from an apple

If they insist that it has to start with something bewteen an a and f ask them why, chances are they'll give you a bull**** answer.

elvis2002

Sleipnir wrote:

go to start, run type cmd and hit return.
In the command prompt type
ipconfig /all
and you'll see your IP address and MAC address of your different network cards.

Obviously you dont use mac's much.... ;-)

enno

Assuming OS X, there are two ways to do this: a Mac-ish way,
and a Unix-ish way.

Unix-ish:
Open a Terminal session (Finder -> Applications -> Utilities ->
Terminal) and give the command 'ifconfig'. Look for an indented
line beginning 'ether'. If you have more than one interface
(Airport, built-in) there will be more than one such line.

Mac-ish:
Apple menu -> About this Mac -> More Info... -> Network
In the upper window, select the interface you want.
The lower window displays the information.
Look for 'Ethernet Address'

Voilá!

uberwolf

enno wrote:

Assuming OS X, there are two ways to do this: a Mac-ish way,
and a Unix-ish way.

Unix-ish:
Open a Terminal session (Finder -> Applications -> Utilities ->
Terminal) and give the command 'ifconfig'. Look for an indented
line beginning 'ether'. If you have more than one interface
(Airport, built-in) there will be more than one such line.

Mac-ish:
Apple menu -> About this Mac -> More Info... -> Network
In the upper window, select the interface you want.
The lower window displays the information.
Look for 'Ethernet Address'

Voilá!

did you register just to tell me? thanks anywhos I did find it, it was the instructions telling me it was began with a letter from a-f which threw me.

enno

uberwolf wrote:

it was the instructions telling me it was began with a letter from a-f which threw me.

:rolleyes: Hmm, that might, indeed!