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BR A MAC address (Media Access Control) is a unique hardware number assigned to a Network Interface Card. She is 12- digit and contains numbers and letters. Examples of possible MAC addresses: 080007A92BFC 09:00:07:A9:B2:EB 09-10-4A-B9-E2-A4 BR It may have several different names, the MAC address is sometimes called Ethernet Address, Hardware Address, Network Address or Physical Address depending on the manufacturer. BR BR

How to find your MAC address?

BR Linux BR BR Type /sbin/ifconfig –a at the shell prompt, then press Enter or Return

/!\ You will find the hardware address listed after HWaddr.

BR Windows 2000/XP BR

/!\ Under the settings for your ethernet connection you will see your MAC address listed by physical address.

BR MacintoshBR

/!\ The MAC address will be shown as ethernet address.

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If you need help please send email to uco@ifh.de .