is this a "mac address?"

[Mike Hollywood]

In a previous post, instructions were given on how to get your mac address
by running the ipconfig command from a command prompt. I tried it, but no
mac address came up, instead I got the below:

Ether adaptor wireless network connection:
Connection-Specifit DNS suffix:
IP Address: 192.168.0.101
subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
default gateway: 192.168.0.1

What is a mac address and do I really need to know what it is to network a
pc and a laptop together?

Thanks,

Mike

 

[bobb]

Different OS will give a slightly different display.

On my XP, if says PHYSICAL ADDRESS, same thing.

The mac address is a 6-bytes, sometimes separate by dashes hexadecimal
number.






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[John Wunderlich]

In a previous post, instructions were given on how to get your mac
address by running the ipconfig command from a command prompt. I
tried it, but no mac address came up, instead I got the below:

Ether adaptor wireless network connection:
Connection-Specifit DNS suffix:
IP Address: 192.168.0.101
subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
default gateway: 192.168.0.1

What is a mac address and do I really need to know what it is to
network a pc and a laptop together?

Try entering the command:
ipconfig /all
The MAC address is labeled as "Physical Address" and looks like
xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx

The MAC address is a universally unique address fixed into every
ethernet-capable network card or device. It is used to deliver low
level ethernet packets. You don't usually need to know this for
networking. ARP protocol usually handles things at this [low] level.
Knowing your IP address is more practically useful.

HTH,
John

 

[Mike Hollywood]

thanks for the info.
the /all command came up with the mac address.

one other mystery is solved, too. The "host"
name came up, and that is the name I gave the computer somewhere along the
line.