Mac Address of your cable connection (ethernet) : how to find it
A MAC (Media Access Control) address is a unique ID assigned to every internet-connected interface on
a computere that allows it to be identified when connected to a network.
MacOSX
- Open System Preferences.
- Select Network.
- Then you need to select the network interface you want to use a cable with. One way to identify it is to connect a live network wall port
to your computer and then it should be shown as active (green dot).
- The click on Advanced and then Hardware and the Mac Address should be shown. An example:
Windows
- Click on the Start menu in the bottom-left corner of your computer. Select Run or type cmd
into the search bar at the bottom of the Start menu to bring up the command prompt.
- Type
ipconfig /all (note the space between the g and /).
- The MAC address is listed as a series of 12 digits, listed as the Physical Address (00:1A:C2:7B:00:47, for example).
Each network adapter (wireless, Ethernet, etc.) has a separate MAC address.
And we want the Ethernet one
Linux
From a terminal window at the command run this command ip addr show. Probably the eth0
Mac addres is the one to send to us.
