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Re: Help finding a Mac address
Posted By: Dave, on host 208.234.219.180
Date: Friday, October 26, 2001, at 09:52:58
In Reply To: Help finding a Mac address posted by Sam on Friday, October 26, 2001, at 09:13:15:

> So I have a new Windows XP machine, an HP. There isn't any "winipcfg" that I can find, and the DOS "ipconfig" doesn't give me the Mac address of the machine.
>
> I opened up the case and couldn't even find a card. The ethernet port on the back goes directly to the motherboard. They're putting ethernet support on the motherboard now? Anyway, I couldn't find the Mac address printed anywhere.
>
> So does anyone know how I can find out what it is? AT&T Broadband, at least in our area, doesn't support XP yet, but if I can give them a Mac address so they can enter it into their system, I'm hoping I can get it working myself, without their help with setting up the TCP/IP settings and so forth.
>
> Thanks.


Try ipconfig /all at the DOS command line.

-- Dave

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