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Getting Your MAC Address: Windows Vista

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The following is a guide to finding the MAC (Media Access Control) address for ethernet and wireless cards that are within the user's computer:

1. Select the windows icon to access the search function of the Start menu.

2. Click in the search box and type in Command Prompt. Click the Command Prompt program.

Note: Users can also type cmd in the search window and the press the Enter key.

3. After H:\> or C:\Users\miketiger1> , type getmac and press the Enter key. The command prompt will display the MAC address for each network card within the computer. The 12-digit number labeled Physical Address is the MAC address of your network adapter. The Transport Name is the location of the network adapter device location.

Note: If using getmac provides you with more than one MAC address, type ipconfig/all instead. Here, the first block of information should be your Windows IP Configuration. The blocks after that should display information about ethernet, wireless, and tunnel adapters including the MAC, or physical address.

Other functions of the ipconfig/ are as follows:

ipconfig/?                      Displays a Help message.
ipconfig/all                      Displays All configuration information.
ipconfig/allcompartments          Displays information for all compartments.
ipconfig/release                            Releases the IPv4 address for the specified adapter.
ipconfig/release6                          Releases the IPv6 address for the specified adapter.
ipconfig/renew                               Renews the IPv4 address for the specified adapter.
ipconfig/renew6                         Renews the IPv6 address for the specified adapter.
ipconfig/flushdns                         Purges the DNS Resolver cache.
ipconfig/registerdns                     Refreshes all DHCP leases and re-registers DNS names.
ipconfig/displaydns                       Displays the contents of the DNS Resolver cache.
ipconfig/showclassid                   Displays all the DHCP class IDs allowed for adapter.
ipconfig/setclassid                       Modifies the DHCP class ID.

Article ID: 2511
Last Updated: 6/25/2009 11:00:50 AM

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