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Old 10-04-2007, 02:13 AM   #1
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Question How do I find MAC or physical address


I'm very sorry but I don't know where or what the "man pages" are nor do I know where to find "how to" info.. I need the command to find the MAC or physical address of my machine. I'm using ubuntu linux on toshiba laptop. thanks.
 
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"sudo ifconfig" in a terminal.
 
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open a command prompt and run "/sbin/ifconfig" and you'll get both of those. you can also use the man command in that terminal. e.g. type "man ifconfig" for the ifconfig manual. howto's are best found by going to http://tldp.org and reading them there.
 
  


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