Re: [NTLK] Where to get MAC address?

Hello,
if the device doesn't appear as en2 or something like that in ifconfig,
then the kernal doesn't recognize it as a network interface devic. you
may need to install drivers on you mac to get it to properly load it as
a NIC.

I think parsing your router's logs may be the best way to go.

I don't
know how network savvy you are, but you could also plug the card into
your newton and try to connect to a peer-to-peer network set up on your
mac and run 'sudo tcpdump -vvvi en1' to get link level information about devices
connecting to the computer. It would probably be easiest just to get it
from the router tho.

On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 01:07:23PM -0500, Jim Felder wrote:
> >
> > Mac OS X, run ifconfig from a terminal window, or just look in Network
> > in System Prefferences. The MAC should be printed on the page with
> > information about the device.
> >
>
> I'm not seeing anything other than it showing up under PC cards in
> system profiler. Doesn't give me a MAC address there, doesn't show up
> under Internet and Network at all.
>
> I ran ifconfig in Terminal and I'm looking at, among other
> information, two items that look like they might be the built-in and
> PC card adapters en0 and en1. Does that sound right? They are listed
> as being active and inactive respectively.
>
> Where in the information about each is the MAC address? There are
> several strings of numbers that resemble a MAC address.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
>
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