How do I get the MAC address for a system that I want to allow on my wireless network?

Answer 1

If it's just your home network, easiest thing is to turn off MAC filtering for a time, and allow the new system to associate. Then you can easily find a new client in your WAP's DHCP log and their MAC address is all there already-- no need to type it in. Copy it to your MAC filtering list, turn MAC filtering back on, and you're done.

I do this when guests visit. They ask how to get on, I turn off MAC filtering and they're happy right away. Then while they are using the Net, I can add them to my client list.

Of course, you can ask to borrow their computer to obtain their MAC address, copy it down on paper, go back to your computer and add them in. But they're waiting the whole time.

Answer 2

To find the MAC address, you'll need to be sitting at the machine in question. Open a command prompt. From the menu, choose start/run then type CMD and hit enter.

Once the command prompt is up, type IPCONFIG /ALL and hit enter. That will display a bunch of information- the MAC address is the series of hex values listed as "Physical address"

This assumes you're on a system running Windows 2000 or XP- for older Win98 systems, run winipcfg.

Answer 3

If it's a PC with windows...
Open a "command prompt" window.
Type: ipconfig /all (hit enter)

Look for the "physical address" field -- the data after it is the MAC address of the computer.

Answer 4

Click on Start
Select Run
Type in: cmd
A DOS windows will open
Type in: ipconfig /all
The Mac Address will be listed in the first line as the Physical Address

Answer 5

on XP:
Start , Run ,cmd

getmac

Answer 6

start, run, command, ipconfig/all