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On 4 Oct 99, at 8:37, Elizabeth Boston wrote:
> I have a computer that I want to get connected to an educational
> internet feed, but need to provide the school with the machine
> access code or "MAC address"
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> I know that I am looking for a 12 digit hexadecimal number, but
> don't know where I should be looking. The particular computer I
> need to find it on, has an integrated built-in LAN adapter that
> according to the manual is MAC and PHY compliant. It is running
> Windows 98.
OH. MAC stands for "Media Access Control".
The WINIPCFG command will show this for each active network
interface on a Win98 machine. [It calls it "Adapter Address".]
I'm curious about what kind of network infrastructure they have
that needs to know this (and isn't smart enough to "learn" it from
traffic on the network). Presumably they're configuring a switch or
bridge that's a little on the old side.
David G
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