mac number

how do you find the mac number? every time I find it, it says unavailable.
Maybe I am not looking inthe right place. So where do I find it? and what
if it says unavailable?

Go to command prompt (Windows key + R, type cmd, enter) and type
"IPCONFIG /ALL" without quotes. That will give you your MAC address.

Dustin Harper
dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com



dion wrote:
> how do you find the mac number? every time I find it, it says unavailable.
> Maybe I am not looking inthe right place. So where do I find it? and what
> if it says unavailable?

I did that but I don't see the words "mac address", cold it be under another
name? PS I am using vista

"Dustin Harper" wrote:

> Go to command prompt (Windows key + R, type cmd, enter) and type
> "IPCONFIG /ALL" without quotes. That will give you your MAC address.
>
> Dustin Harper
> dharper@vistarip.com
> http://www.vistarip.com
>
>
>
> dion wrote:
> > how do you find the mac number? every time I find it, it says unavailable.
> > Maybe I am not looking inthe right place. So where do I find it? and what
> > if it says unavailable?
>

Dion,
IPCONFIG shows the MAC as the "Physical Address".

Rick

"dion" <dion@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I did that but I don't see the words "mac address", cold it be under
>another
> name? PS I am using vista
>
> "Dustin Harper" wrote:
>
>> Go to command prompt (Windows key + R, type cmd, enter) and type
>> "IPCONFIG /ALL" without quotes. That will give you your MAC address.
>>
>> Dustin Harper
>> dharper@vistarip.com
>> http://www.vistarip.com
>>
>>
>>
>> dion wrote:
>> > how do you find the mac number? every time I find it, it says
>> > unavailable.
>> > Maybe I am not looking inthe right place. So where do I find it? and
>> > what
>> > if it says unavailable?
>>

Or you could type 'getmac' in the command prompt. Both work, but 'getmac'
doesn't return all the other ip information. A bit shorter if all you want
is the mac address.

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"Dustin Harper" <dharper@vistarip.com> wrote in message
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> Go to command prompt (Windows key + R, type cmd, enter) and type "IPCONFIG
> /ALL" without quotes. That will give you your MAC address.
>
> Dustin Harper
> dharper@vistarip.com
> http://www.vistarip.com
>
>
>
> dion wrote:
>> how do you find the mac number? every time I find it, it says
>> unavailable. Maybe I am not looking inthe right place. So where do I
>> find it? and what if it says unavailable?