FIND YOUR COMPUTER'S WIRELESS MAC ADDRESS

Your wireless network card has a unique identifier called a Media Access Control address, or MAC address. A MAC address is a unique number assigned to a Network Interface Card (NIC), commonly called an ethernet card. This "address" is created by the manufacturer (not by Paul Quinn College). A MAC address is a 12-digit number. Each digit is a number from 0-9 or a letter from A-F. Sometimes the digits of a MAC address are separated by colons or dashes.

Examples of possible MAC addresses include: 080007A92BFC, 09:00:07:A9:B2:EB, or 09-10- 4A-B9-E2-A4.

For Windows XP
A. Select Run from the Start menu.

B. In the window that opens, type cmd, and select OK.

For Windows Vista
A. Type cmd into the Search input box and press enter

All Operating Systems

In the next window that opens similar to the one below, type ipconfig/ all, and press Enter.

For Windows XP you will now see a list similar to this one

For Windows Vista you will now see a list similar ot this one

Recording Your Wireless MAC Address:
This is the address you need, and is listed as the Physical Address of the Wireless Network
Connection.

In the examples above for the Windows XP example it is 00-0E-35-0F-8C-14 and for the Windows Vista example it is 00-1D-E0-58-96-E3

Note: You may not have an address for a Local Area Connection, but if you do, make sure you use the Physical Address in the Wireless Network Connection section.