{"id":927,"date":"2019-01-04T11:15:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T16:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/its\/help-centre\/?page_id=927"},"modified":"2019-01-24T09:36:23","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T14:36:23","slug":"how-to-find-your-mac-address","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/its\/help-centre\/how-to-find-your-mac-address\/","title":{"rendered":"How to find your MAC address"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is a MAC Address<\/h2>\n

A MAC address is a unique physical address assigned to each network adapter in a computer, or mobile device.\u00a0 It is a 48 bit value, consisting of twelve hexadecimal characters.\u00a0 The most common format for displaying a MAC address is using six groupings of two characters separated by a hyphen or colon.\u00a0 i.e\u00a0 ab-cd-ef-12-34-56.<\/p>\n

Computers, phones and mobile devices may have more than one network adapter, and so may have more than one MAC address.<\/p>\n

iOS devices<\/h2>\n

(IPad, IPhone, IPod Touch or Apple Watch)<\/em><\/p>\n

To Find the MAC Address:<\/p>\n

Open Settings -> General->About ->Wi-Fi Address<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Tap Settings.
    \n\"\"<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Select General.
    \n\"\"<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Select About.<\/strong><\/strong>
    \n\"\"<\/li>\n
  4. The Mac address is listed as Wi-Fi Address<\/strong>.
    \n\"\"<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    <\/p>\n

    Android devices<\/h2>\n

    To Find the MAC Address:<\/p>\n

    Open Settings -> Connections -> Wi-Fi -> More options -> Advanced and locate the MAC Address.<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Open\u00a0Settings.
      \n\"\"
      \n<\/strong><\/li>\n
    2. Open Connections<\/strong>.
      \n\"\"<\/li>\n
    3. Open Wi-Fi.
      \n\"\"
      \n<\/strong><\/li>\n
    4. Open More options<\/strong>.
      \n\"\"
      \n\"\"<\/li>\n
    5. Open Advanced.
      \n\"\"
      \n<\/strong><\/li>\n
    6. Locate the MAC address.
      \n\"\"
      \n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      <\/p>\n

      Windows devices<\/h2>\n

      To Find the MAC Address:<\/p>\n

      Open a Command Prompt -> type ipconfig \/all and press Enter-> The Physical Address is the MAC address.<\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Click Start or click in the search box and type cmd<\/strong>.
        \n\"\"<\/li>\n
      2. Press Enter<\/strong>, or click on the Command Prompt shortcut.<\/li>\n
      3. In the Command Prompt window, type ipconfig \/all\u00a0<\/strong>and press enter.
        \n\"\"<\/li>\n
      4. Multiple adapters may be listed.\u00a0 Each adapter should have a Physical Address.\u00a0 The Physical Address is the adapter\u2019s MAC address.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        <\/p>\n

        Apple macOS (Mac OS X) devices<\/h2>\n

        To Find the MAC Address:<\/p>\n

        Open the Apple Menu -> System Preference -> Network -> Wi-Fi -> Advanced -> The MAC address is the\u00a0Wi-Fi Address or Airport Address.<\/p>\n

          \n
        1. Open the Apple Menu.
          \n\"\"
          \n<\/strong><\/li>\n
        2. Open System Preferences.
          \n\"\"
          \n<\/strong><\/li>\n
        3. Open Network.
          \n\"\"
          \n<\/strong><\/li>\n
        4. Open\u00a0Advanced.<\/strong>
          \n\"\"<\/li>\n
        5. Select the\u00a0Wi-Fi tab<\/strong>. The\u00a0Wi-Fi Address<\/strong> or Airport Address<\/strong>\u00a0is your device\u2019s MAC address.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          <\/p>\n

          UNIX or Linux devices<\/h2>\n

          To Find the MAC Address:<\/p>\n

          Open a terminal -> type ifconfig \u2013a and press Enter.\u00a0 The MAC address is often listed as\u00a0HWaddr or ether or\u00a0lladdr<\/p>\n

            \n
          1. Open a terminal.<\/strong>
            \n\"\"<\/li>\n
          2. Type ifconfig -a<\/strong> and press Enter.\u00a0 ->\u00a0\u00a0HWaddr or ether or\u00a0lladdr is the device’s MAC address.
            \n\"\"
            \nIf this does not work or if you are not able to find the MAC address, please consult the vendor’s documentation or man pages for assistance.\u00a0 On many systems this command must be run with root privileges, or run using sudo.If you require assistance with this process, please contact the ITS Service Desk.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            <\/p>\n

            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            What is a MAC Address A MAC address is a unique physical address assigned to each network adapter in a computer, or mobile device.\u00a0 It is a 48 bit value, consisting of twelve hexadecimal characters.\u00a0 The most common format for displaying a MAC address is using six groupings of two characters separated by a hyphen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"yoast_head":"\nHow to find your MAC address - 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