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Some systems, especially servers, might have multiple network interfaces.

The last column, Iface, means "interface" and represents the port on the system through which all of the connections are being made. One of the two devices that don't show a C in this example is a cell phone. In this example, all but one connection are marked C, which means "complete" and verifies the connection was successful. The second (HWtype) indicates that the connections are Ethernet connections, and the third (HWaddress) is the MAC address of each device. The first column shows IP addresses or host names. The first line contains the column headings. Here's an example of the arp command and what it shows you: $ arpĪddress HWtype HWaddress Flags Mask Ifaceįruitfly ether 7c:67:a2:cf:9f:ef CM enp0s25Ĭomtrend.Home ether f8:8e:85:35:7f:b9 C enp0s25ĭragonfly ether 20:ea:16:01:55:eb C enp0s25 (An arp-a command also will show the arp table in the command prompt on a Windows box, by the way.) Add -a to condense the output if you don't want to see the data organized into columns with headings.

For your IP address, from the tabs on the top, select “TCP/IP”.To display the ARP table on a Linux system, just type "arp".

For your MAC address, from the tabs on the top, select “Hardware”.

From the options to the right, click the “Advanced” button.

From the list on the left, highlight the option desired, e.g., “Wi-Fi” or “Ethernet”.

From the Apple menu, select “System Preferences”.

Your MAC address is the Physical Address listed, and your IP address is the IP address listed.

The command will return information that looks like the following:ĭescription.

Within the command prompt, type “ipconfig/all”.

Type “cmd” into the dialog box that appears, and click “Okay”.

Select “Run” if available, or click into the search box on the start menu itself.

The UW’s Network Portal displays basic information about your network connection, and should contain your MAC and IP addresses. The following methods will help you manually determine what your MAC and IP addresses are depending on the operating system you are running. On a computer network, a media access control (MAC) address is your computer’s unique identification number used by the network to identify your device, and your IP address is the online network address for your computer.