Locating the MAC address

MAC address of your computer

Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / 2008 / Vista / Windows 7

1. Open a Command Prompt window by clicking the Start button, clicking Programs or All Programs, clickingAccessories, and then clicking Command Prompt.

1. In the Command Prompt window type ipconfig /all

1. Find the Physical Address line under the section that describes your network adapter. MAC address is listed as six groups of two hexadecimal digits, separated by hyphens (-).

C:\Documents and Settings\admin>ipconfig /all 

Windows IP Configuration 

   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : mypc 

   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . : domain.local 

   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid 

   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No 

   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No 

   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : domain.local 

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection: 

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : 

   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection 

   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-02-80-92-7A 

   Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes 

   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes 

   IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.3 

   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 

   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 

   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 

   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 

   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, February 15, 2008 3:19:03 PM 

   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, February 20, 2008 3:19:03 PM 

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: 

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected 

   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 PL Network Connection 

   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-7B-89-C4-E0 

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2: 

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected 

   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Personal Area Network from TOSHIBA 

   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-03-7A-F3-6C-E7 

Windows 8

1. Go to the Desktop.
2. Open a Windows Explorer window by clicking on the Windows Explorer icon on the taskbar.
3. Click on the small Folder icon in the Address bar, type cmd and then press Enter. New Command Prompt window will be opened.
4. In the Command Prompt window type getmac /v /fo list
5. Find the section that describes the adapter you want to find MAC address of. The Physical Address line shows MAC address as six groups of two hexadecimal digits, separated by hyphens (-).

C:\Users\admin>getmac /v /fo list

Connection Name: Local Area Connection
Network Adapter: NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
Physical Address: 00-26-18-4F-55-B7
Transport Name: \Device\Tcpip_{CE306346-5423-4218-8F88-BDBA73D04924}

Connection Name: VirtualBox Host-Only Network
Network Adapter: VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address: 08-00-27-00-66-7F
Transport Name: \Device\Tcpip_{7AF27739-CB07-4B45-8BD4-CE809F5B9F1B}

LINUX

1. Open a terminal or console window.
2. In the window type ifconfig
3. MAC address is marked as HWaddr and listed as six groups of two hexadecimal digits, separated by colon (:).

root@host:~# ifconfig
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:5A:0D:5A:A5
   inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
   inet6 addr: fe80::210:5aff:f00d:5bb5/64 Scope:Link
   UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
   RX packets:1206866 errors:54423 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:81536
   TX packets:941228 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
   collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
   RX bytes:332783971 (317.3 MiB) TX bytes:214601237 (204.6 MiB)
   Interrupt:10 Base address:0xa000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
   inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
   inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
   UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
   RX packets:1573 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
   TX packets:1573 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
   collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
   RX bytes:99765 (97.4 KiB) TX bytes:99765 (97.4 KiB) 

Apple Mac OS X 10.2-10.6

1. Launch Finder, open Applications folder, then open Utilities folder and start Terminal.
2. In the Terminal window type ifconfig
3. Find the ether line under the section that describes your network adapter. MAC address is listed as six groups of two hexadecimal digits, separated by by colon (:).

host:~ user$ ifconfig
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
   inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
   inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
   inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
   ether 00:25:bc:de:96:74
   media: autoselect status: inactive
   supported media: none autoselect 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,flow-control> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 100baseTX <half-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex,flow-control> 100baseTX <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 1000baseT <full-duplex> 1000baseT <full-duplex,flow-control> 1000baseT <full-duplex,hw-loopback>
fw0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 4078
   lladdr 00:25:bc:ff:fe:de:98:64
   media: autoselect <full-duplex> status: inactive
   supported media: autoselect <full-duplex>
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
   inet6 fe80::225:ff:fe4e:a73d%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x6
   inet 192.168.0.101 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
   ether 00:25:00:4e:a8:39
   media: autoselect status: active
   supported media: autoselect

MAC address of a system connected to the same subnet as your computer

Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / 2008 / Vista / Windows 7

1. Open a Command Prompt window by clicking the Start button, clicking Programs or All Programs, clickingAccessories, and then clicking Command Prompt.
2. In the Command Prompt window type ping <remote_system>
   Replace <remote_system> with an IP address of the system you want to find MAC address.
3. In the same Command Prompt window type arp -a
   MAC address is listed in the Physical Address column as six groups of two hexadecimal digits, separated by hyphens (-).

C:\Documents and Settings\User>ping 192.168.0.1

Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127

Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1:
   Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
   Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\Documents and Settings\User>arp -a

Interface: 192.168.0.101 --- 0x2
Internet Address Physical Address Type
192.168.0.1      00-17-9a-46-7c-a3 dynamic 

LINUX

1. Open a terminal or console window.
2. In the window type ping -c1 <remote_system>
   Replace <remote_system> with an IP address of the system you want to find MAC address.
3. In the same window type arp
   MAC address is listed in the HWaddress column as six groups of two hexadecimal digits, separated by colon (:).

root@host:~# ping -c1 192.168.0.1
PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=127 time=4.22 ms

--- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 4.223/4.223/4.223/0.000 ms
root@host:~# arp
Address    HWtype HWaddress         Flags Mask Iface
192.168.0.1 ether 00:17:9A:46:7C:A3 C         eth1

MAC address of your Smart Phone / Mobile device

iPhone / iPod Touch

1. Tap Settings. Select General and then About.
2. Scroll down until you find Wi-Fi Address line. Wi-Fi Address line shows MAC address as six groups of two hexadecimal digits, separated by colon (:).

iPad

1. Tap Settings. Select General on the left side and then About on the right.
2. Find the Wi-Fi Address line. Wi-Fi Address line shows MAC address as six groups of two hexadecimal digits, separated by colon (:).