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How to Determine Your MAC Address

Summary: Using UCInet Mobile Access requires registration of your hardware or MAC address. If you are using Manual Registration, you will need to locate the MAC address of your wireless device. Use the directions below to locate your MAC address.

What is a MAC address?

A MAC (Media Access Control) address is the hardware address of the Network Interface Card (NIC) of your computer. You must have it on hand to register for the UCInet Mobile Access network and campus-wide DHCP services. This Web page will help you locate and identify it so you may register your Network Interface Card (or cards) for the network.

Finding Your MAC Address

Finding your MAC Address using the Operating System Software.

Windows

Windows Vista

Finding your MAC address in Vista is slightly different than in Windows XP. To find your MAC address in Vista:

  1. Click on the Windows button in the lower left hand corner.
  2. In the “start search” box type cmd
  3. In the command prompt, type ipconfig /all
  4. All your network adapters will be listed. Please find the one that describes your wireless card in the Description field
  5. Once you have located the appropriate adapter, the Physical Address listed below the description is your MAC address.

Alternatively:

  1. Click on the Windows button in the lower left hand corner.
  2. Go to the Control Panel
  3. Click on Network and Internet
  4. Click on Network and Sharing Center
  5. Click on Manage Network Connections in the left hand pane.
  6. Identify your wireless network adapter and double click on it.
  7. A window will pop up. Under Signal Quality click on Details.
  8. The Physical Address (or MAC address) will be listed in the resulting window.

Windows NT, 2000 or XP Professional

  1. Click on the Start Button, then select Run.
  2. Type in the word cmd

A small window should pop up. Type the word cmd

  1. Click on OK.
  2. Once a small black window appears, type in ipconfig /all and hit <enter>

A small black window appears

  1. To register your Wireless's Mac Address, look under the "Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection" and locate the number on the right hand side of the "Physical Address". That is your Mac Address. For an ethernet connection, look at the physical address under the "Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection".

look at descripton above

Windows 95, 98 or ME

  1. Click on the Start button, then select Run.
  2. In the dialog box type winipcfg and press OK. If a message dialog box appears stating that winipcfg could not be found, you probably need to install the TCP/IP networking component which contains the winipcfg program.
  3. If you also have a modem installed, make sure the pull-down list for the first item is set to your Ethernet Adapter and not PPP Adapter.
  4. Write down the number that appears in the Adapter Address field. This 12 digit alpha/numeric combination is your Ethernet hardware address.

    CAUTION: Windows maintains, in some cases, a hardware address which looks like a MAC address for a network card but is in fact a Microsoft convention for associating internal PPP adapters for serial (modem) connections. Such addresses begin with 444553 and are classified at http://www.cavebear.com/CaveBear/Ethernet/vendor.html as 'Microsoft (Windows95 internal "adapters").'

Macintosh (Apple) Computers

Mac OS X (10.1 - 10.2)

  1. Select System Preferences from the Dock or under the Apple menu.
  2. Select Network from System Preferences.
  3. Under the Show drop down menu, select Airport (or your wireless card).
  4. Click on the TCP/IP tab. The Ethernet Address in the lower left is your MAC address.

Mac OS X (10.3 - 10.4)

  1. Select System Preferences from the Dock or under the Apple menu.
  2. Select Network from System Preferences.
  3. Under the Show drop down menu, select Airport (or your wireless card).
  4. The Airport ID is your MAC Address.
    Image: Airport ID

Mac OS X (10.5)

  1. Select System Preferences from the Dock or under the Apple menu.
  2. Select Network from System Preferences.
  3. In the Network window, click on AirPort in the left pane.
  4. Click the Advanced button in the lower right of the window.
  5. Click on the AirPort tab.
  6. Your AirPort ID (MAC Address) will be listed at the bottom of the window.
    10.5 AirPort ID

Macintosh (OS 9.x and under)

  1. Go to the Apple Menu > Control Panels > TCP/IP
  2. Choose File -> Configurations...
  3. Click on the Duplicate Button
  4. Name the connection: UCInet Mobile Access
  5. Click Make Active
  6. Choose Connect via: Airport (or another Wireless card if you are using a different type.)
  7. Choose Connect: Using DHCP Server
  8. Choose File -> Get Info
    TCP/IP Info for MAC address
  9. Write down the number next to Hardware address: (See above)
    The 12 digit alphanumeric group is your Ethernet (MAC) address.
  10. Close the TCP/IP info window.
  11. Close the Window and click OK when prompted to save changes

iPhone

  1. From the Home menu, tap on Settings.
  2. Tap on General
  3. Tap on About
  4. Scroll down to Wi-Fi Address and write down the address. This is your MAC address.

Kindle

  1. From the Home screen press Menu
  2. Select Settings
  3. The Wi-Fi MAC Address is located toward the bottom of the screen in the Device Info section.

Linux

  1. In a terminal, type '/sbin/ifconfig eth0'. If your network card is functioning properly, you should receive a printout of network statistics.
  2. The first line of this output will contain 'HWaddr' followed by 12 hexadecimal digits. (0-9, A-F). This is your hardware address.

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Locating the MAC Address on the back of a wireless Network Interface Card.

Network CARD 1NETWORK CARD 2
Your MAC Address is the number circled on the cards above.

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