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How To Find Your IP and MAC Addresses On Windows
XP | 2000 | NT
Follow these steps to quickly find the Internet Protocol (IP) and Media
Access Control (MAC) address of a computer running Windows XP, Windows 2000, or
Windows NT.
Here's How:
1. Click the Start menu button on the Windows taskbar.
2. Click Run... on this menu.
3. Type cmd in the text box that appears. A command
prompt window launches on the desktop.
4. In this command window, type ipconfig /all. Details
are shown for each of the computer's network adapters. Computers
installed with VPN software or emulation software will possess one or
more virtual adapters.
5. The IP Address field states the current IP address
for that network adapter.
6. The Physical Address field states the MAC address
for that adapter.
Tips:
- Take care to read the IP address from the correct adapter.
Virtual adapters generally show a private address rather than an
actual Internet address.
- Virtual adapters possess software-emulated MAC addresses and not
the actual physical address of the network interface card.
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