Question
How do I find the wireless IP address and/or MAC address for your Windows 10 PC?
Overview
The Media Access Control (MAC) address is a unique 12-character identifier (e.g. 00:00:00:00:00:0X) for a specific piece of hardware, such as the network adapter located in WiFi devices. It is unique to your device.
The IP address is your unique network identifier when you’re accessing the Internet here at UC Davis. Unlike the MAC address, which will never change on your device, you might receive a different IP address each time you connect to the network. But for each device that number is unique. (e.g. 192.168.12.137)
Answer
Find your MAC address on your Windows 10 PC
- Press the Windows key to open the Start screen.
- From the Windows Start screen, begin by typing cmd.
- Windows search will filter the available apps until Command Prompt is displayed, select this app and the black Command Prompt window will open on the desktop.
- In Command Prompt, type ipconfig /all and hit Enter (note the space before the forward-slash).
- In the results, you may need to scroll up to view the appropriate address for your computer's Wireless Adapter.
- The MAC address will be displayed to the right of the Physical Address for the Wireless Adapter.
Find your IP address on your Windows 10 PC
- Press the Windows key to open the Start screen.
- From the Windows Start screen, begin by typing cmd.
- Windows search will filter the available apps until Command Prompt is displayed, select this app and the black Command Prompt window will open on the desktop.
- In Command Prompt, type ipconfig /all and hit Enter (note the space before the forward-slash).
- In the results, you may need to scroll up to view the appropriate address for your computer's Wireless Adapter.
- The IP address will be displayed to the right of the IPv4 for the Wireless Adapter.