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Home Linux Networking Find Your Mac Address in Linux
Find Your Mac Address in Linux E-mail

What is a Mac Address?

You can think of a Mac address as a serial number for your network card. It is a unique six two-digits hexadecimal numbers separated by colons. It is used for routing traffic on a network.


In this example I will show you how to find your mac address in Ubuntu. This command should work any any terminal. Some distributions of linux you may need to be logged in as SU to see this information.

 

Open a terminal window

In Ubuntu go to Applications > Accessories > Terminal

 

launch

 

Type ifconfig -a

The -a at the end of the command will show you all connections even if it is down.

 

command

 

Next to each connection you should see your Mac Address. In the image below I underlined the Mac Address as well as a few of the connections.

info

 

 

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