Colorado State University

• – Click the Start icon
• – Click Control Panel
• – Select Large icons for the View
• – Click Network and Sharing Center
• – Select Change Adapter Settings from the list on the left hand side
• – Right click on the connection you are trying to find the MAC address for and select Properties – you will have a separate MAC address for your wireless card and your Ethernet (LAN) card. Make sure you use the correct one.
• – Hover your mouse over the text box underneath connect using.  Your MAC address will appear in the tooltip and is made up of 12 characters e.g. 00-D4-1F-76-23-B0

Windows 8/8.1

• Go to your Desktop.
• Open a Windows Explorer window by clicking on the Windows Explorer icon on the taskbar.
• Click on the small Folder icon in the Address bar, type cmd, then press Enter. A new Command Prompt window will be opened.
• In the Command Prompt window type getmac /v /fo list.
• Find the section that describes the adapter whose MAC address you want to find. Look for the Physical Address line – it shows the MAC address as six groups of two hexadecimal digits, separated by hyphens (e.g. 00-26-18-4F-55-B7).

Windows 10

• Go to your Desktop.
• Type cmd, in the search bar located next to the start button on the taskbar.  Then press Enter. A new Command Prompt window will be opened.
• In the Command Prompt window type getmac /v /fo list.
• Find the section that describes the adapter whose MAC address you want to find. Look for the Physical Address line – it shows the MAC address as six groups of two hexadecimal digits, separated by hyphens (e.g. 00-26-18-4F-55-B7).

Apple MacOS 10.8 and Newer

• – From the Apple in the upper left hand corner choose System Preferences
• – Click on the Network icon
• – Select Ethernet for Wired or Wi-Fi for Wireless
• – Click on the Advanced button
• – Click on the Hardware tab
• – Your MAC address will be at the top of this window as your MAC Address . The MAC address is the 12 character address e.g. 00:D4:1F:76:23:B0