How to find mac address of laptop and mobile

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                  Today's post is about how to find MAC addresses in Windows 7, 8, 10, and also in Android.

Friends, nowadays everyone is connected to the internet and laptop as you know without a laptop and computer no one's work is done. Computers and laptops are important things in our life without which we cannot do anything.

 When you use so many computers and laptops, you must know about the MAC address. 

But anyway there are many users who do not know about MAC address, what is it? Do you know that if your laptop is lost or stolen somewhere, you can find it by MAC address. 

Mac address is a very important part of your if you have a laptop, then let us tell through this article today what is Mac address and where is it found?

how to change mac address windows 

What is MAC address?

MAC address is a kind of identification number. It is also called hardware address. All networking devices have different Mac addresses. MAC address is a 12-digit identification number assigned to each networking device. 

If any device comes in contact with a network through a MAC address, it is tracked at the same time. The full form of the Mac address is the media access control address. 

The Mac address is mostly in a pair of 2-2 and is usually written in 3 formats. The first 3 digits of the Mac address are called OUI (ORGANISATION UNIQUE IDENTIFIER). And the last 3 digits are called NIC (NETWORK INTERFACE CONTROLLER).

Example

• MM:MM:MM:SS:SS:SS
• MM-MM-MM-SS-SS-SS
• MMM.MMM.SSS.SSS

Types Of MAC Address

• unicast
• multicast
• broadcasting

MAC address functions

• If your PC or laptop is lost somewhere, you can easily find the location by tracking the network of your laptop with the help of the MAC address.

• If we connect or communicate some electronic and networking devices together then it can be possible only with Math Addresses.

• If you have a router and someone knows your router's password, you can secure your PC's network with the map address.

how to find mac address in the computer

Follow the steps given below to find the MAC address of your device.

how to find mac address windows 7, 10, and Vista

• Click on Windows Start.

• Type cmd in the search box.

• Press Enter, a command window will pop up.

• Type ipconfig /all.

• And press enter, you will see a physical address, for every device that physical address is called Mac address.

Windows 2000, 2003, XP, NT:

• Click on Start and select Run in it. The Run Taxbox will open in front of you.

• Type cmd in the Run text box.

• Press Enter. The command prompt will come on your display.

• Type ipconfig /all in the command prompt.

• Press Enter. This will display your physical address, next will be the Mac address of your computer.

how to find mac address in IOS

• Go to Settings.

• Go to General and click on About.

• You will see the WiFi address, this will be the MAC address of your device.

how to find mac address android

• Go to Settings.

• Go to About Device and click on Status.

• You will see the WiFi address, this WiFi address will be your Mac address.

how to change mac address windows 7

Follow the steps given below to change the MAC address of Windows.

• Press the Start button on the computer and type computer.

•  management. Click on the Computer Management option.

• You will see the option of Device Manager, click on it.

• Click on the Network Adapter option in Device Manager.

• Right-click on the network adapter.Mac address you want to change and go to Properties.

• By going to properties you will see advanced click on advanced and go to the network address.

•  Then enter the new mac address and then click on the ok button.

how to find mac address of computer

First of all, you have to open the command prompt on your computer.

• Press windows+R to open the command prompt and type cmd and press Enter. Now type ipconfig/all cmd in cmd prompt and press Enter.

• Now the MAC address of your computer, laptop and Windows PC will appear in front of you. In physical address you can see MAC address.

how to find mac address in Mobile

  

• First of all, you have to go to the settings of your smartphone.

• After that go to the about section and then click on status.

• Now you can see the MAC address of your phone in the WiFi MAC Address.

• If you do not find the MAC address in the About phone in the smartphone, then you can see it by going to the WiFi setting.

• First, go to your photo settings.

• Go to WiFi.

• Now go to Advanced Settings by going to Options.

• You will find your MAC address at the bottom.

Conclusion

Here in this article, you will also get information about how to find mac address windows 10, 7, and mobile.