How to find MAC address

How to find MAC address of your Windows 10 computer

Press and hold the Windows key and then press the R key to access the Run dialog box. Enter cmd and click OK to open a Command Prompt window.

In the Command Prompt window type getmac /v /fo list and then press Enter. The command displays a list of network adapters or equivalent devices and their MAC addresses. Find the section that describes the network adapter you want to find the address of. Within the section look for the Physical Address line that contains the MAC address of the adapter represented as 12 hexadecimal characters grouped by two and separated with hyphens (-).

Alternatively, MAC address as well as other network configuration details can be obtained with the help of ipconfig /all command.

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How to find MAC address of your Windows 8 computer

Go to the Desktop. Open a Windows Explorer window by clicking on the Windows Explorer icon on the taskbar. Click on the small Folder icon in the Address bar, type cmd and then press Enter to open a new Command Prompt window.

In the Command Prompt window type getmac /v /fo list and press Enter. Find the section that describes the adapter you want to find the MAC address of. The Physical Address line shows the MAC address as 12 hexadecimal characters grouped by two and separated with hyphens (-).

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How to find MAC address of your Linux computer

Open a terminal or console window. In the window type ip address or ip --color address and press Enter.

Find the section that describes the network interface you want to find the MAC address of. Within the section find the line that starts with link/ether. The MAC address, presented as 12 hexadecimal characters grouped by two and separated with colons (:), is displayed right after the link/ether prefix.

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

On a Windows computer:

Press and hold the Windows key and then press the R key to access the Run dialog box. Enter cmd and click OK to open a Command Prompt window.

In the Command Prompt window type ping <remote_system>, where <remote_system> is the IP address or the name of the system you want to find the MAC address of.

If you received a successful response to the ping command, then in the same Command Prompt window type arp -a and press Enter. Find the line that matches the IP address of the remote system. The MAC address of the system is listed in the Physical Address column as 12 hexadecimal characters grouped by two and separated with hyphens (-).

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On a Linux computer:

Open a terminal or console window. In the window type ping -c1 <remote_system>, where <remote_system> is the IP address or the name of the system you want to find the MAC address of.

If ping was successful (0% packet loss), then in the same window type arp -n and press Enter. Find the line that matches the IP address of the remote system. The MAC address of the system is listed in the HWaddress column as 12 hexadecimal characters grouped by two and separated with colons (:).

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How to find MAC address of your iPhone

Tap Settings, select General and then About.

Scroll down until you find the Wi-Fi Address line. The MAC address is shown as 12 hexadecimal characters grouped by two and separated with colons (:).

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How to find MAC address of your iPad

Tap Settings. On the left side select General and then About on the right. Find the Wi-Fi Address line on the right pane. The Wi-Fi Address line shows the MAC address of the device as 12 hexadecimal characters grouped by two and separated with colons (:).

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How to find MAC address of your Android phone

Tap the Settings icon. Then tap About phone. Scroll down and tap Status. Then scroll down and find the Wi-Fi MAC address line. The MAC address of the phone is displayed as 12 hexadecimal characters grouped by two and separated with colons (:).

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