MAC (Media Access Control) address also known as Physical address is a unique number that identifies the network adapters installed on your computer and is used for communications at the data link layer of a network segment. is composed of up to 6 pairs of characters, separated by colons. MAC addresses are very useful in diagnosing network issues, such as problems with IP addresses because they never change whereas dynamic IP address, can change from time to time.It is used to identify senders and receivers of data on the network.Sometimes you may need to provide your MAC address to a router in order to successfully connect to a network.
Find MAC Address of your Computer
1. Using Command Prompt
➤ Press 'Windows Key + R' and type 'cmd' into the Run field, then press 'Enter' to start the 'Command Prompt' or you can click on 'Start' and search 'cmd' and open cmd/command prompt from search result.
➤ You can use one of the following commands that are given below in the cmd :
➦ GETMAC
➦ GETMAC/s computername (Get MAC Address by the Computer Name)
➦ GETMAC/s 100.75.243.2 (Get MAC Address with IP Address)
➦ GETMAC/s localhost (Get the local MAC Address)
➦ GETMAC/v /fo list (This will display configuration information, Name, physical address, Network adapter for all of your network connections)
➦ IPConfig/all (it will show all Windows IP configuration, description and Physical Address and more)
➤ Physical Address is another way to describe the MAC address. 6 pairs of characters, separated by colons are the MAC address of the all Network Adapter(s) in your Computer like WiFi, Bluetooth, Ethernet etc.
2. Using a Network
➤ This method is only applicable if you are currently connected to a network or Internet. Like if you need your WiFi Mac address then connect wifi, if Bluetooth then connect Bluetooth.
➤ After establishing a Network or connecting to a Network, click on the connection icon in the system tray, then click on 'Open Network and Sharing Center' which will open up the 'Network and Sharing Center Window' (or you can open this by going to >Control Panel>All Control Panel Items>Network and Sharing Center.)
➤ Now find the name of your network connection and click on it.
➤ When you click on your Network name it will open a small window, here click on 'Details'.
➤ This will open up 'Network Connection Details' , which will contain all details about that Network.
➤ Now look for the Physical Address (which is another name for MAC address) in Network connection detail window. And that is your MAC address of that Network connection.
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