Having just starting using Ubuntu I have been needing to do some basic setup options to put my laptop on the network at the office. We use Mac Address based security and so I needed to find mine for the ethernet card.
Looking through all the administration options to find it was unsuccessful and it was definately not as obvious to find as I hoped. After trawling through the Ubuntu Forums and reading about 9 threads I found you simply need to go to Terminal (which is located under Applications>Accessories) and then type in ifconfig and press enter, and you will get a list of your hardware address for your network card.
9 responses so far ↓
1 Greg // Jun 16, 2009 at 2:57 pm
New to Ubuntu —was searching for the same information. Thank you for sharing.
2 Márcio // Jul 31, 2009 at 11:16 pm
Thank you. I was searching for the same information, too =)
3 Chris // Nov 2, 2009 at 3:15 am
Same here, thanks.
4 Philippe // Nov 7, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Also new to linux. Thank you from France for this information.
5 Derek // Jan 23, 2010 at 12:59 am
ifconfig
will give you a HWaddr which is your MAC address
6 Vasy // Apr 5, 2010 at 2:38 pm
Thanks for the informations. How do I change the MAC address?
7 Brad // Jul 24, 2010 at 4:01 pm
Your MAC address is hard coded on your wireless card it can’t be changed. but if your using MAC filters on your router you can add this address to your list of allowed wireless cards. Thanks for the info. I guess not everything in Linux is different then windows lol.
8 Martin Scott // Aug 2, 2010 at 1:14 pm
Cheers, Mate!
Greetings from Germany
Martin
9 neo // Aug 31, 2010 at 11:31 am
thanks
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