If you work in an office or home environment, all computers on the network have one thing in common. They all communicate with each other via software and hardware.
Every hardware component that communicates has a hardware address, this is a Mac address. A Mac address is a combination of letters and numbers that identifies each component separately on a network.
A Mac address is assigned to a network adapter. If you are having problems on a network or on the Internet, the Mac address of the network adapter can help you solve internet problems. In this article you will therefore read 3 different ways to look up a Mac address in Windows 11.
3 ways to look up a Mac address in Windows 11
Look up Mac address via Windows settings
The simplest way to identify a Mac address on your computer is to open the Windows settings. You will then see the Mac address in the network adapter settings.
Right-click on the Start button. Click on Settings in the menu. Click on the left Network and internet. Then click on your active network or internet connection. This can be Ethernet (wired) or Wi-Fi (wireless).
Open the settings and navigate down until you reach “Physical address (Mac)”. This is the Mac address of your network adapter.
Look up Mac address via Command Prompt
You can also look up a Mac address by running a command in Command Prompt. By executing the command below you will see the network settings including the Mac address of the active network adapter.
Open Command Prompt. In the Command Prompt, type the following command
ipconfig /all
In the output you will see the “Physical Address”. This is the Mac address of the Ethernet or Wi-Fi network adapter.
Look up Mac address via Windows Terminal
You can also look up a Mac address by running a command in a Windows Terminal window. By executing the command below you will see the network settings including the Mac address of the active network adapter.
Right-click on the Start button. Then click “Windows Terminal (Admin)” and type the following command in the Terminal window:
Get-NetAdapter
You will then see all network adapters (“interfaces”). You will also see an output with “MacAddress”, this is the Mac address you are looking for.
Check the “Status” column with the status “Up” to find the Mac address of the active network adapter.
Also read:
- Enable or disable network discovery in Windows 11.
- Clear saved network credentials.
- How to create a network connection in Windows 11.
- Change Mac address in Windows 11.
- How can I update my router?
I hope this helped you. Thank you for reading!