How to find your MAC Address

MAC addresses are twelve characters, and can contain numbers 0-9 and letters A-F.
If you have an external wireless adapter, the MAC Address will probably be printed on the wireless adapter. If you have an internal wireless adapter, or the MAC address is not printed on the card, you can find the MAC address through the computer’s software.

For PCs with Microsoft Windows
Click below to download a program that will automatically find and report your wireless MAC address

Download GetMAC

How to use “GetMAC”
Click the download button
Click Open
Click “Get Mac”
Click Run
Click the “Get MAC Address” button
You will see the  “your wireless mac address has been copied to the clipboard” window.  Click OK
You can now right click with your mouse and click paste your mac address where necessary. You can also view your mac address in the Mac Addresses window.

Operating Systems:
How to figure out your Windows Operating System?

WINDOWS 2000 or XP (detailed word document)
Select Start>Run and type “command” (without quotes) and press OK. At the command prompt, type “ipconfig /all” (with space, without quotes) and hit enter.
Find the heading that refers to your Wireless network adapter. The MAC address will be listed as the Physical Address, approximately 3 lines below the heading.

You may also find the MAC address by selecting Start>Run, typing “command” and pressing ok. Then, at the command prompt, type “getmac /v” (with space, without quotes).

WINDOWS VISTA (detailed word document)
Go to Start, and then type “cmd” (without quotes) in the search box and press OK. At the command prompt, type “ipconfig /all” (with space, without quotes) and hit enter.
Scroll up and find the heading that refers to your Wireless network adapter. The MAC address will be listed as the Physical Address, approximately 3 lines below the heading.

WINDOWS ME
Select Start>Run, and type “winipcfg” in the box, and click OK. Select your wireless network card from the drop-down box and the MAC address will be given in the box labeled Adapter Address.

MACINTOSH OS9
Select the Apple Menu>Control Panels>Airport. The MAC Address will be listed as the Airport ID.

MACINTOSH OSX
Select the Apple Menu>System Preferences>network. Choose Show: Airport and click the Airport Tab. The MAC address will be listed as the Airport ID.

If you have problems finding your MAC address, or entering it in SOAR, contact the Help Desk at 601-266-4357, or visit us in McLemore 112.

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