How do i find a MAC address of UNIX machine

[kaushik222]

How do i find a MAC address of UNIX machine

 

[bluedragon2]

ifconfig -a



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[PHV]

If on the unix machine, depending of *nix flavor, you can try this:

ndstat

or this:

ifconfig -a | grep ether

If on a different box, provided you're on the same subnet, ping the unix machine and then execute arp -a

Hope This Help
PH.

 

[kaushik222]

thanks to both of you.

 

[kaushik222]

"ifconfig -a " gives me 3 rows of some information , but this info doesn't have "ether". So i don't know which one is the MAC address in that

 

[PHV]

kaushik222, thanks for sharing.
Can you please say others how you solve your problem, i.e. which command for which unix.

 

[PHV]

Can you post the 3 lines produced by ifconfig -a ?
And the result of uname -a ?

 

[kaushik222]

I am sorry, i don't think i will be allowed to do so. Coz that is important informataion.

 

[PHV]

Anyway, the MAC address should be like this:
01:23:45:67:89:ab
i.e. 6 hex numbers separated by colons.

Hope This Help
PH.

 

[fabber]

Also ndstat works.

 

[aigles]

I found the following info on the web :

What is my system's MAC address?
Every ethernet card that has been manufactured has its own unique identification number called its MAC (Media Access Control) address (sometimes referred to as a hardware address). The address itself is most often expressed as a set of six pairs of hexidecimal digits separated by a colon, like this:

00:60:08:A8:83:B3

The command to show the MAC address differs from OS to OS:

AIX: the MAC address can be viewed using the netstat -ia command.

HP-UX: the MAC address can be viewed using the lanscan command under the heading Station Address.

IRIX: will display the hardware address with the command nvram eaddr. It should be noted that you can also display this address and its decimal counterpart using the sysinfo -vv command.

Linux: To see the hardware address on a Linux machine you can use the ifconfig command. The value will be next to the HWaddr heading.

Solaris: arp -a | grep hostname will show you the system's MAC address.

Tru64 UNIX: netstat -ia will show you the station's MAC address.



Jean Pierre.

 

[Hemo]

Adding to the above list:

SCO OpenServer 5.x
'ifconfig net0' will show mac in the 'ether' row. If you have more than one NIC installed, you may want to use 'ifconfig -a'

 

[Ulysys]

ifconfig -a gives MAC address only if you are root. For regular users it gives only IP etc....