MAC-address (also known as hardware address) is a 6-byte digital code that is set by the manufacturer of the network card and uniquely identifies it. According to Ethernet standards, there cannot be two NICs with the same hardware address.
Instructions
Step 1
The MAC address is a sequence of six pairs of numbers (in hexadecimal) with separators between them. The latter may differ. It can be both hyphens and colons. Also, the MAC address digits can be written in a row, that is, without separators.
Step 2
Before you figure out how you can find out the MAC address, you should figure out why you may need to know it. Firstly, you can check the MAC address out of sheer curiosity, and secondly, if you want to connect several computers through the router, you will need to replace its hardware address with the one that the network card has.
Step 3
The point is that your ISP can fix the MAC address of your network card, and if you want to connect a computer with another card to the Internet, you simply will not be allowed to do so. That is why it is necessary to know the MAC address of the registered network card.
Step 4
In Windows 95 and 98 operating systems, you need to click on the Start button, then select the Run item. A dialog box will appear - there type WINIPCFG and then press Enter. In the drop-down list of the next dialog box, select the Ethernet adapter and in the Adapter Address field you will see the MAC address of the network card.
Step 5
In all other modifications of Windows OS, you must launch the command prompt window. To do this, press the Win + R keys and type cmd. Then enter the command IPCONFIG / ALL. You will see a table where many parameters are indicated. You need an item containing the Ethernet keyword, a sub item called Physical Address.
