Linux Variants

To find the MAC address on a Linux or its variant system:

Open a terminal and type ifconfigand then press Enter.

The command displays all the network adapters on the machine. Identify the appropriate interface adapter. The field HWaddr is the MAC address of the selected adapter. In this example, the MAC address of the interface of interest is 00:0c:29:f8;bc:96.

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