Have you been looking for your MAC address? MAC addresses can be very useful, for example whenever you want give only certain PC’s access to your internet connection. Of course there are ways to bypass a MAC filter, but a MAC filter list is a security measure that you should not underestimate.
Back to the topic: What do I have to do to find my MAC address in Windows 7?
Use “IPConfig” to find your Windows MAC address
Windows 7 still has a great command line tool that allows you to run “hidden” network tools. IPConfig is a built-in tool that lists all of your network connection including useful information like the state or the MAC address:
1. Step Start the command line tool by entering cmd.exe into the search field of the start menu.
2. Step Enter ipconfig -all and press enter.
You should get something like this (Source: www.standford.edu):
A MAC address always looks the same, it always has six groups of two hexadecimal digits, e.g. 01-23-45-67-89-ab.
This not only works in Windows 7, but also in Windows Vista, Windows XP and any other Windows edition.
TOP! Use MAC-Address-Finder to find all MAC address on a local network
Of course you can’t use IPConfig to find out the MAC addresses of other PC’s that are currently connected to your network. It would be great, wouldn’t it? Luckily, there are tools like our MAC-Address-Finder that are able to do retrieve them for you.
Download:
You can learn more about the MAC Address Finder here at Get MAC Address by IP and buy it for only $3.99.
It fully supports Windows 7 and you can even export all MAC address to a CSV Excel file – very tidy!
Features:
- Find / Get the MAC address of the local computer.
- Find / Get the MAC address of one remote computer either by its name or IP address.
- Find / Get the MAC addresses of all computers on the network.
- Find / Get the MAC addresses of all computers within the specified range of IP addresses.
- Best method for finding MAC addresses (ARP, NetBIOS, NetAPI, WMI).
Great advice to find your mac address..
thanks, really useful
solved a problem for me. Have been trying all afternoon to find my bloomin mac address…
Cheers
There is an easier way. Hit run, type cmd and then type getmac your mac address will be displayed.
Sorry guys but this does not work under Windows 7 if the computer is not hooked up – or at least not under the Win7 Starter or premium I’ve seen so far.
I’m using MAC filtering as one of my security measures and before I allow anyone to connect, I get the MAC of both their eth and wifi connections…except that for Win7 I’ve to connect them before ipconfig will give me anything..
Amusingly enough, even in the device manager the Eth does not appear until it’s actually connected
Alex, thanks for the feedback.
Can you try this MAC Address tool .. this should give you the MAC addresses of all devices and computers. Let me know if it works, so I can add it to the guide. It will list all remote pc’s and devices and should be what you are looking for.
i have a mini pc and i can get my mac address with the getmac in cmd without to have to turn the network on and i have windows 7 home premium
Is it possible to change a computer’s MAC Address?
the same question as mr Ernesto Chimango. Is it possible to change a computer’s MAC Address? & what exactly the main functio of MAC Address? neeed ur unswer plz
Your screenshot has the mac address for the wireless adapater highlighted and is different than the mac address for the Ethernet adapter. The mac address of the motherboard will also differ from the adapter mac addresses. That being said you need to know which mac address is required.
It is not possible to change a mac address as these are coded into the adapters and boards when they are manufactured.