Any help will be appreciated.

1

6 Answers

Update

As described in the newer answer below, the modern solution is to run:

ip addr show

The MAC address is shown in the link/ether field.

Original Answer

Open a terminal and run ifconfig:

ifconfig | grep HWaddr

3

Use ip command instead of the outdated ifconfig

Command :

$ ip addr show

link/ether field of the output is the MAC address (Both for Wi-fi and ethernet connections, MAC address is represented by link/ether). Mostly this will be present in the second line.

Example :

$ ip addr show
1: enp2s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether a0:54:9f:53:b2:6e brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

In my case a0:54:9f:53:b2:6e is the MAC address.

2

Try ifconfig, and look at the "HWaddr".

On Ubuntu 20.04.02 LTS, there is no HWaddr in the output from ifconfig. Instead, look at ether:

$ ifconfig | grep ether

okay, this is a very easy solution. 1/ Open a terminal 2/ ifconfig A list of network capable devices will be displayed. If you are using wireless, it usually is called wlan0, but can also be named pan0 wifi0 etc. A physical conection is most likely eth0. on the first line you will see your mac address. here is a sample of what you might see eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00

that's it.

You can spoof your mac address too with macchanger (sudo aptitude install macchanger) just type man macchanger to learn more

You can also right-click on the GNOME Network Manager. There you choose connection information and the following window shows you the hardware address. See also NetworkManager at Ubuntus Wiki.

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Sign up using Google Sign up using Facebook Sign up using Email and Password Submit

Post as a guest

Post Your Answer Discard

By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and cookie policy