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How to find the MAC Address on a Linux computer

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3.0 - Last modified on 2021-05-11 Revised by Fang Wang

2.0 - Last modified on 2021-02-23 Revised by Carlos Salazar (Inactive)

1.0 - Created on 2011-10-13 Authored by Donald Foss (Inactive)

Intended for: Users who need to find the MAC address on a Linux computer

Scenario/Use case:

This article describes how to find the MAC address on a Linux computer.

Instructions:

  1. As the root user, type "ifconfig -a"
  2. From the displayed information, find eth0 (this is the default first Ethernet adapter), locate the number next to HWaddr. This is your MAC address.The MAC Address will be displayed in the form of 00:00:00:00:00:00.

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Authored by Donald Foss (Inactive)
Last modified 2018-03-06 11:56:43