About MAC Address Lookup Tool
I hate to break it to you, but having just the MAC address of a device does not mean that you can access the device. It isn’t that easy, trust me, I’ve tried. You need a lot of more information and resources to do this.
MAC Address Lookup Tool searches your MAC Address or OUI in mac address vendor database. The MAC Address vendor database consists of a list of mac addresses of all devices manufactured till date. Finding the mac address from this database tells us which manufacturer originally manufactured this device and what is the prefix, postfix of a given mac address, moreover it tells us what country was this device manufactured. All this information is useful if you want to verify the generated mac address with the original vendor of this device in OUI vendor database.
What is a MAC Address?
- MAC address is a built-in element on all network operating systems including Android, iOS, Windows, and MAC devices. You can identify the MAC address of your Android device directly from device settings.
- Learn how to locate the MAC address on an Apple or Android mobile device.
MAC Address or media access control address is a unique ID assigned to network interface cards (NICs). It is also known as a physical or hardware address. It identifies the hardware manufacturer and is used for network communication between devices in a network segment. MAC Address usually consists of six groups of two hexadecimal digits.
The network adapters or network interface cards always come with a MAC address which is fed into hardware, usually in read-only memory (ROM), or BIOS system. The physical address is stored into the NIC by its manufacturer, that is why this address is also called a burned-in address (BIA) or ethernet hardware address.
There are several NIC manufacturers; some well-known of them are Dell, Cisco, Belkin. The first three sets of two hexadecimal numbers in a MAC Address identifies the card manufacturer, and this number is called OUI (organizationally unique identifier). OUI is always the same for NICs manufactured by the same company. For example, let's say a network card manufactured by dell has a physical address: 00-14-22-04-25-37
, in this address, 00-14-22
is the OUI of Dell which identifies that the device is by Dell. It may be interesting for you to know that all the OUIs are registered and assigned to the manufacturers by IEEE.
How to Find MAC Address?
To find MAC Address, see the instructions given below for popular operating systems.
How to Find MAC Address in Windows?
- Go to Command Prompt
- Press Windows + R
- Type
cmd
and press Enter - Click Start Button
- Type
cmd
and press Enter
OR
- In Command Prompt, type
ipconfig/all
and press Enter - And locate for the 'Physical Address' or 'HWaddr' field. The Physical Address should be in format
M:M:M:S:S:S
. For example:00-14-22-04-25-37
How to Find MAC Address in MacOS?
- Click on Apple Menu (usually on top left corner), and click
System Preferences
- In
System Preferences
, clickView
menu and selectNetwork
- In the
Network
window that just opened, click theWi-Fi
,Ethernet
, orAirport
icon on left. - Now click
Advanced
on bottom right. - From the upper menu, click
Hardware
, and look forMAC Address
field. - Your
MAC Address
should be in the format:M:M:M:S:S:S
. For example:00-14-22-04-25-37
How to Find MAC Address in Linux or Unix?
- Perform the following as super user (or with appropriate permissions)
- Type
ifconfig -a
- Look for 'eth0'. This is your default ethernet adapter
- Now locate the field 'HWaddr'. The value displayed next to it is your MAC Address.
- Your MAC Address should be in this format:
00-14-22-04-25-37
- Type
How to Find MAC Address in iOS?
- Open
Settings
app. - Tap on
General
option in settings. - Now tap on
About
option. - Locate the field
Wi-Fi Address
- The value against this field is your MAC Address
- Your
MAC Address
should be in the format:M:M:M:S:S:S
. For example:00-14-22-04-25-37
Finding a MAC Address in Android
- Method 1:
- Open
Settings
app. - Select the option
Wireless & Networks
- Select
Wi-Fi Settings
- Select
Advanced
, and your wireless network card's MAC Address should appear here.
- Open
- Method 2:
- Open
Settings
app. - Select the option
About Device
- Tap on the option
Hardware Info
- Select
Advanced
, and your wireless network card's MAC Address should appear here.
- Open
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This example demonstrate about How to get current Wi-Fi mac address in android.
Step 1 − Create a new project in Android Studio, go to File ⇒ New Project and fill all required details to create a new project.
Wifi Mac Address On Android
Step 2 − Add the following code to res/layout/activity_main.xml.
In the above code, we have taken text view to show WIFI mac address.
Step 3 − Add the following code to src/MainActivity.java
Step 4 − Add the following code to androidManifest.xml
Mac Address For Android Device Windows 10
Let's try to run your application. I assume you have connected your actual Android Mobile device with your computer. To run the app from android studio, open one of your project's activity files and click Run icon from the toolbar. Select your mobile device as an option and then check your mobile device which will display your default screen –
Click here to download the project code