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Network: How to Find the Wireless MAC Address on Your Computer
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This comes in handy when troubleshooting.
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Windows
Launch the command prompt
Press the Windows Key + R, type
cmd
and hit
OK
At the command prompt type
ipconfig /all
and hit Enter
Scroll down looking for something along the lines of
Wireless LAN Adapter Wi-Fi
If the description mentions virtual, look for a another Wireless LAN entry
You MAC address will be listed as
Physical Address
Mac OSX (10.9.x and above)
Select the
Apple Menu
, and choose the
System Preferences
menu item.
Select
Network
.
Select
Wi-Fi
.
Select the
Advanced
button.
The Wi-Fi Address is your wireless MAC address.
Linux
In a terminal window type
ifconfig
and return.
You'll see a list of interfaces. Your wireless interface will likely be named
wlan0
or
wifi0
. The wireless MAC address will be in the field labeled HWaddr.
You can also use
iwconfig
to find your wireless MAC address if you have it installed.
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Article ID:
77476
Created
Mon 5/6/19 11:29 AM
Modified
Mon 5/13/24 2:53 PM