Find your MAC address

A MAC address is an unique 48-bit hexadecimal identifier assigned by a manufacturer to a networking device such as a network card when it is manufactured. First six numbers a MAC address comprise the Organizational Unique Identifier and are assigned by the IEEE, the last six numbers represent the interface serial number. MAC addresses are usually written as six groups of characters; normally they look something like 00:D0:D7:10:5B:84 or 00-D0-D7-10-5B-84.

Find MAC address from command line

Use ipconfig /all command

Utility ipconfig allows you to view network configuration information. Ipconfig shows your IP address, MAC address and other information.

 ipconfig [/? | /all | /renew [adapter] | /release [adapter] |
  /flushdns | /displaydns | /registerdns |
  /showclassid adapter |
  /setclassid adapter [classid] ]
 
  where
  adapter         Connection name
  (wildcard characters * and ? allowed, see examples)
 
  Options:
  /?           Display this help message
  /all         Display full configuration information.
  /release     Release the IP address for the specified adapter.
  /renew       Renew the IP address for the specified adapter.
  /flushdns    Purges the DNS Resolver cache.
  /registerdns Refreshes all DHCP leases and re-registers DNS names
  /displaydns  Display the contents of the DNS Resolver Cache.
  /showclassid Displays all the dhcp class IDs allowed for adapter.
  /setclassid  Modifies the dhcp class id.
 
  The default is to display only the IP address, subnet mask and
  default gateway for each adapter bound to TCP/IP.
 
  For Release and Renew, if no adapter name is specified, then the IP address
  leases for all adapters bound to TCP/IP will be released or renewed.
 
  For Setclassid, if no ClassId is specified, then the ClassId is removed.
 
  Examples:
  > ipconfig                   ... Show information.
  > ipconfig /all              ... Show detailed information
  > ipconfig /renew            ... renew all adapters
  > ipconfig /renew EL*        ... renew any connection that has its
  name starting with EL
  > ipconfig /release *Con*    ... release all matching connections,
  eg. "Local Area Connection 1" or
  "Local Area Connection 2"

Result of using ipconfig /all shows the mac addresses. You should see something similar to the output below.

Use net config rdr command

The net config rdr command provides the following results:
 

net config rdr

Computer name LANTOOLBOX
Full Computer name lantoolbox
User name Administrator
 
Workstation active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{A3135CB3-918A-48E3-A820-009CB2EE7593} (00D0D7105B84)
 
Software version Windows 2002
 
Workstation domain WORKGROUP
Workstation Domain DNS Name (null)
Logon domain LANTOOLBOX

COM Open Timeout (sec) 0
COM Send Count (byte) 16
COM Send Timeout (msec) 250
The command completed successfully.

Use getmac command

Windows XP has a getmac utility that will allow you to view the MAC address.

To use the getmac command:

  GETMAC [/S system [/U username [/P [password]]]] [/FO format] [/NH] [/V]
 
  Description:
  This command line tool enables an administrator to display the MAC
  address for one or more network adapters on a system.
 
  Parameter List:
  /S system Specifies the remote system to connect to.
 
  /U [domain]user Specifies the user context under
  which the command should execute.
 
  /P [password] Specifies the password for the given
  user context. Prompts for input if omitted.
 
  /FO format Specifies the format in which the output
  is to be displayed.
  Valid values: "TABLE", "LIST", "CSV".
 
  /V Specifies that the detailed information
  should be displayed in the output.
 
  /NH Specifies that the "Column Header" should
  not be displayed in the output.
  Valid only for TABLE and CSV formats.
 
  /? Displays this help/usage.
 
  Examples:
  GETMAC /FO csv
  GETMAC /S system /NH /V
  GETMAC /S system /U user
  GETMAC /S system /U domainuser /P password /FO list /V
  GETMAC /S system /U domainuser /P password /FO table /NH

Result of using getmac shows the mac addresses

Find MAC address from GUI

LizardSystems Find MAC Address

Use Lizardsystems Find Mac Address to find the MAC address remote computer and and network hardware manufacturer. This tool is an easy way to find the MAC address of a local or remote computer on the network. Select the target and method and find the MAC address of a remote computer on the network. The software can not only find the MAC address of a computer, but also detect the manufacturer of its network card.

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