Tuesday, January 26, 2016

How to Find the MAC Address

This article describes a quick method to find the MAC  Address(Media Access Control).
1- What is MAC Address ?
– A Media Access Control address (MAC address) is a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces
for communications on the physical network segment.
2- What is ARP?
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is the protocol that maps Ethernet MAC address to IP address.
To determine the MAC address of computer:
start – Run – type  ARP -a (local computer IP)

Note : If you not determine the IP the command will give you MAC Address for all subnet network.

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