How To Obtain Your Wireless Card's MAC Address

In order to ensure a secure network environment that is open only to current Champion students, faculty and staff, the Champion Network requires users to register their network cards prior to signing on. In order to gain access to the wireless network each user must fill out a form and provide, amongst other information, the MAC address of the wireless network card that will be used to connect to the network. A MAC address is generally a set of 12 hexadecimal digits separated by dashes (ex: 00-00-22-F1-11-22).

Most laptop PCMCIA cards have their MAC addresses printed on the back. You can obtain the address by merely reading it off of the back of the card, however, if your wireless network card does not have this information printed on it, or if it's not removable, you will have to obtain this information from your operating system. The procedure for doing this is fairly simple, but varies from system to system.

Windows 9x/ME
1. Click on Start then on Run
2. Type in winipcfg in the Open box

3. Note: If you have more than one network card installed, make sure you select the wireless card from the drop down list.
4. The MAC address is found under Adapter Address



5. Click OK to exit the program

Windows NT/2000/XP
1. Click on Start then on Run
2. Type in cmd in the "Open" box



3. Type in ipconfig /all at the DOS prompt and press Enter


4. The MAC address is found under Physical Address
5. To close the DOS session type in exit and press Enter

MacOS with Open Transport
1. Click on the Apple Menu
2. Open the TCP/IP applet from the Control Panels sub menu
3. Select info from the main control panel
4. The MAC address is found under Physical Address

MacOS with MacTCP
1. Click on the Apple Menu
2. Open the MacTCP applet from the Control Panels sub menu
3. Hold down the Option key and click on the Ethernet Icon
4. The MAC address will appear beneath the icon

MacOS X

1. Click on the Apple Menu

2. Select System Preferences

3. Open the Network Applet

4. Click on the "AirPort" tab

5. The Mac/Hardware address is found under "AirPort ID"

6. Also, please enter "Galvin" in the preferred Network box