MAC address Windows 2008

MAC address (Media Access Control address) is a quasi-unique identifier consists of a six byte number that attached to most network adapter card or network interface card (NIC). As such, all network cards, whether it’s of Ethernet NIC, Gigabit Ethernet NIC or wireless 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi or HiperLAN adapter, should have different MAC addresses, which also known as Ethernet Hardware Address (EHA) or adapter address.

Sometimes it is needed to see MAC (Media Access Control) address of the devices like computers, routers, LAN or some others. This article describes a quick method to look up MAC address Windows 2008.

• Open a Command Prompt window by clicking the Start button, clicking Programs or All Programs, clicking Accessories, and then clicking Command Prompt.
• In the Command Prompt window type getmac (or getmac /v if your computer has more than one network adapter).
• MAC address Windows 2008is listed as six groups of two hexadecimal digits, separated by hyphens (-) in the beginning of the line.

C:Usersadmin>getmac
Physical Address Transport Name
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00-21-85-0C-52-A3 DeviceTcpip_{4B89E525-B2FE-4E02-B769-D671265BBDE6}