How do i find my MAC address in ubuntu 8 ?

SeaDevil · 01-14-2009, 01:26 PM

I just installed ubuntu and can get online ok...but cannot connect to my secondary computer on a wired network. the connecting DSL box needs my
Mac Address. How do I pull it up here? ifconfig doesn't show it.
thank you for any helpful response.

pljvaldez · 01-14-2009, 01:29 PM

ifconfig | grep HWaddr or lspci

eco · 01-14-2009, 01:38 PM

Hi,

The MAC address should be in your ifconfig details:

Code:

$ sudo ifconfig eth0
[sudo] password for xxx:
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:18:bb:c4:f2:80
          inet addr:192.168.1.10  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::218:8bff:fec4:f289/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1336897 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:708366 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:1987683628 (1.9 GB)  TX bytes:59476637 (59.4 MB)
          Interrupt:17

If not, look for ethtool, that should give you lots of info.