HOW TO GET THE MAC ADDRESS IN LINUX PC

MAC address has the expansion- MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL ADDRESS is a unique identifier having A SIX BYTE NUMBER related with network adapter card or network interface card (NIC).

Many times it is required to get the MAC address in LINUX systems. This article gives a quick method find the MAC ADDRESS for LINUX SYSTEMS.

So we follow a simple four step method.

Please note that original values has been removed and replaced with conceptual values.

 1. First step is to open a TERMINAL or the Console window.

2. Type the command /sbin/ifconfig | grep Hwaddr and hit enter key

3. Output will something starting with eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr.And the Vlues after HWaddr is the MAC Address 

4. For the full details, type the command /sbin/ifconfig and hit enter key.

5. Get the output as shown below