Mac OS X
- Open System Preferences (should be located in the dock)
- Select the Network service
- Left column, select Ethernet (this is your wired connection)
- Click the Advanced button located near the bottom
- Select the Hardware tab
- MAC address is presented (e.g. 40:6c:8f:50:b5:76)
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- Open a terminal window
- type ifconfig -a (user account with elevated permissions is most likely required)
- From the displayed information, locate eth0, eth1, etc
- Locate the number next to the HWaddr. This is the MAC address of the system
Example "ifconfig -a" output: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:F7:1B:9C:07 inet addr:192.168.125.205 Bcast:192.168.111.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
IOS Devices
You can get the MAC address of your IOS device by following these steps:
- Tap on Settings
- Tap on General
- Navigate to and tap on “About”
- Scroll down to “Wi-Fi Address.
- The characters next to Wi-Fi Address is your device's MAC address