Hello friends these days every one is using internet at home and some of friends have more than 1 PC or Laptop so those friends who have a small networking system they must need to configure their router. So in this article i will discuss what is Mac Address and why it is important? How we can find out Mac address ?
What is Mac Address?
Mac address is a short for actually it have a complete abbreviation. MAC stand for Media Access Control. Mac address is uniquely assigned to a unique identifier to any network device which connected to any Ethernet or wireless network. Every device Laptop Computer is connect through this network identifier code. Mac is address is also known as physically address or hardware address.
How to get Mac Address easily ?
You can find out easily Mac address but it have different on different operating systems. So let discuss these in detail to find out ?
MAC Address On Windows?
If you are Microsoft windows user then you need to follow these step. Click on Start> open Run> type there CMD you can open it also from Accessories from start panel in windows. Once you have opened CMD then type there "ipconfig/all" with out hyphen. This will display a list of info Mac address will be listed as Physically address. It can be identified as 12 hexadecimal separated with each group between dashes.
MAC Address On a Mac?
In Mac OS X snow leopard you will select "System Preferences" from the Mac Menu there you will see many different icons there select "Network" there appear many different tabs click on "Ethernet" tab if you are using Ethernet. Mac address will appear as "Ethernet ID". To find out wireless network id click on "Airport" tab.
Find MAC Address On Linux?
On Linux you must need to signed in as a root access. When you signed in then open terminal and type there "ifconfig -a" there a new terminal will appear the number listed as 'HWaddr' (Hardware Address) is the MAC address of that computer's network adapter.
Mac address is a short for actually it have a complete abbreviation. MAC stand for Media Access Control. Mac address is uniquely assigned to a unique identifier to any network device which connected to any Ethernet or wireless network. Every device Laptop Computer is connect through this network identifier code. Mac is address is also known as physically address or hardware address.
How to get Mac Address easily ?
You can find out easily Mac address but it have different on different operating systems. So let discuss these in detail to find out ?
MAC Address On Windows?
If you are Microsoft windows user then you need to follow these step. Click on Start> open Run> type there CMD you can open it also from Accessories from start panel in windows. Once you have opened CMD then type there "ipconfig/all" with out hyphen. This will display a list of info Mac address will be listed as Physically address. It can be identified as 12 hexadecimal separated with each group between dashes.
MAC Address On a Mac?
In Mac OS X snow leopard you will select "System Preferences" from the Mac Menu there you will see many different icons there select "Network" there appear many different tabs click on "Ethernet" tab if you are using Ethernet. Mac address will appear as "Ethernet ID". To find out wireless network id click on "Airport" tab.
Find MAC Address On Linux?
On Linux you must need to signed in as a root access. When you signed in then open terminal and type there "ifconfig -a" there a new terminal will appear the number listed as 'HWaddr' (Hardware Address) is the MAC address of that computer's network adapter.
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