How to Find Your IP and Mac Address

An IP address is designed to uniquely identify a device and allow it to transmit information on a network, a MAC address is a unique identifier assigned to network devices. This Wiki shows how to locate both the IP address and MAC of a device.

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Windows

GUI Method

1. Select the Start button near the button left hand corner of your screen.

2. Select the Search bar and begin typing View network connections, and then select it from the drop-down list. .

3. Right click the active connection that you are using and click on Status.

4. After accessing the Status of your connection, select Details.

5. To the right of the IPv4 Address column, you will be presented with your IP address.

6. To the right of the Physical Address column, you will be presented with your MAC Address.

Command Line Method

1. Copy and paste the following in your Window's Search Engine.
   • CMD

2. In the line provided, copy and paste the following in the line indicated.
   • ipconfig /all

3. Scroll down until you see your adapter settings. You will now be presented with your Physical Address (MAC) and your IPv4 Address (IP).

MAC

GUI Method

1. In the Finder tab, select System Preferences....

2. In System Preference select Network.

3. Select your active internet connection
4. In the TCP/IP tab, your IP Address will be located here.

5. In the Hardware tab, your MAC address will be located here.

Command Line Method (IP Address)

1. Open up Terminal.

2. Copy the following line and paste it into your Terminal.
   • ifconfig

3. Locate the line starting with inet. This will be the location of your IP Address.

Linux

GUI Method

1. Click on Syetems Settings, select Network, and Double click your current Active Connection.

2. Select Wired and locate Device MAC address.
3. Your MAC address will be located to the right of Hardware address.

Command Line Method

1. Right click on your desktop background and select Open in Terminal.
2. Your Terminal will now open.
3. Copy the following line and paste it into your Terminal.
   • ifconfig
4. Your MAC address will be in the same column of either eth0 or enp0s3 (may be different on each device) , and either locate HWaddr or ether.

Android

GUI Method

1. In your device's search bar, type "Settings" and click on the application.

2. You will now be in your Device's settings.

3. Proceed to scroll down until you come upon About Device. Click on it.

4. In the next screen, click on Status.

5. You will now be presented with your Device's IP Address and MAC Address.

iPhone

GUI Method (IP Address)

1. Locate your Settings Application icon and click on it.
2. Scroll down and click on Wi-Fi.

You will not be presented with your current connectivity. In most cases, the blue check mark will indicate your current connection.

3. Click on your current connection.

4. You will now be presented with your IP Address.

GUI Method (MAC Address)

1. Locate your Settings Application icon and click on it.
2. Click on General.

3. Click on About.

4. You will now be presented with your MAC Address.

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