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Get mac address from command line (CMD)

by SRINI

We can find mac address (physical address) of a computer using the command ‘getmac‘.
This can be used to get mac address for remote computers also. Below are few examples on
how to use this command. It works on XP, Vista, Windows 7, Server 2003 and Server 2008
operating systems.

Get mac addresses from CMD

Just run the command getmac to get the mac addresses. Find an example below.

C:\>getmac
Physical Address Transport Name
=================== ==========================================================
2C-3F-45-02-1B-32 \Device\Tcpip_{7E49B486-120A-4BC2-2114-B345A4D5C5}
10-13-17-BC-12-48 Media disconnected
22-B3-C5-30-76-78 \Device\Tcpip_{213E8D2A-1DBE-4240-8301-BE6F3EACAF9D}
00-05-2A-3C-78-00 \Device\Tcpip_{F01E3FC2-A5A1-6940-D1A1-C7521AEC4296}
2C-23-45-14-23-AD Media disconnected
C:\>

This command does not show mac addresses for the network connections which are
disabled. You can run ncpa.cpl and check which NICs are disabled. Further, I have received

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comments that this command does not help identify the mac address for a specific device.
For example, if I need to get the mac address for my WiFi card, output of getmac command
is not helpful. We can use ipconfig command to deal with this.

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C:\>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : PC-10234
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : mydomain.com

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mydomain.com

mydomain.com
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mydomain.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6205
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 3C-99-88-64-A1-F0

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mydomain.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 73-2B-4F-D5-12-A0

C:\>

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Get mac address of a remote computer

We can retrieve the mac addressses for a remote computer using nbtstat command.
Example:

C:\>nbtstat -a 10.63.71.55
Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [10.59.13.47] Scope Id: []
NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table
Name Type Status
--------------------------------------------
7CF71D1C3B05 UNIQUE Registered
MAC Address = 00-00-00-00-00-00
Wireless Network Connection:
Node IpAddress: [10.63.71.58] Scope Id: []
NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table
Name Type Status
--------------------------------------------
7CF71D1C3B05 UNIQUE Registered
MAC Address = 7C-F7-1D-1C-3B-05
Local Area Connection 2:
Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []
Host not found.

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Alternatively, We can run the below command to retrieve the mac addresses of a remote
computer.

getmac /s remote_computer /u username /p password

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remote_computer : Full name of the remote computer or IP address

username and password are of the account on the remote computer.

Example:

C:\>getmac /S remotepc.domain.com /u administrator /p adminpassword

Physical Address Transport Name
=================== ==========================================================
22-15-25-9C-3A-29 Media disconnected
34-11-45-7A-9C-48 \Device\Tcpip_{678DD7BB-675D-4E4C-E0AE-A261490EBE8C}

If you do not want to specify the password, you can skip /p parameter. You will be
prompted to enter the password and the command execution will take place after that.

Errors:

Using getmac command we can retrieve the mac addresses of the machines running
windows OS only. If you try this for a Linux machine you would get the error “The RPC
server is unavailable.”

If you provide incorrect password, the command would fail with the error message “Logon
failure: unknown user name or bad password.”

Also Read:
Windows CMD commands reference

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34 comments… add one

Bruce

How to get the mac addresses for a remote computer?

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tahir

How to get the Mac Address

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Totoche

if the remote computer is on the same network segment then yours you can do this:
ping remoteComputerNameOrIpAddress
arp -a

“arp -a” should tell you which MAC address is associated with the remote computer’s IP
address.

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If the remote computer is not on the same network segment, I’m sorry but it is impossible
(and it has no sense) to do this.

Totoche

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balamurugan

physical address cmd what ????

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admin

Physical address is nothing but mac address. You can find it using getmac command as
described above or you can also use ipconfig command for getting physical/mac
address using command prompt.

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HARSH SHAH

Can you give me solution for below error. I am using Windows 7 32 bit OS . My system
can’t read MAC ID.
When i run GETMAC , i can see Physical Address, But in Transport Name , it is Media
disconnected.
My ISP is asking for MAC ID, which is given by me. But due to MEDIA DISCONNECTED
Message ISP Can not read my MAC and i am unable to Use ISP Service.

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admin

Mac id is nothing but the physical address. You can reply them with whatever you see
in physical address column.

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jonnyxx

you can get the mac of any device on the network by using the arp -a command.
Any device, not just windows, eg wireless camera. Hope this helps. Cheers :)

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rockman510

Thank you! arp -a [IP] was exactly what I needed to find the MAC of a printer I was
looking for.

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logesh

i try to read the mac by using the getmac command,

It is showing error “Error Intialized”

Can any one help me to fix these error.

OS – Windows XP

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Amit

Nice Info.
However this does not work if you are trying to get Mac address of Dump devices like
printers, switches, etc. Neither does ARP.

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Jake

You can also use nbtstat -a ipaddress or nbtstat -a hostname

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Arvind

Thanks Jake, you hit the nail. This is what solved my problem. Cheers

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Rini

Exactly ! worked for me

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ihsan

if there are 200 users on a DHCP server in a network are u have been told that find the ip,s
and as well as the mac address,s of the machines………what should be the procedure to it?

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drikus

Good day. I need to find a mac adress of a remote site sagem ma500. Can see it on the
system but remote log on by sagem check do not give the mac adress. I am on a different ip
range as the device. What program can i down load. the above will not work for this device.

Thank you

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Ravi
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I’m using windows 8.1 and when I am hitting enter after typing ipconfig /all it is showing
that ‘ipconfig’ is not recognized as an internal or external command what should I do now
??

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Manuel Carrero

Make sure you are running as administrator just go to the bottom left corner of your
screen and right click, on the menu select Command Prompt (Admin)

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jack

how find wireless mac address?

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Mark Roberts

When i run the Getmac command it returns 3 mac addresses. Which one is correct? What
are the other 2 Mac addresses listed and what order do they appear in ?

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mol

M. Roberts, Good question. I am wondering the same thing. How do I know,which is

the correct address for my laptop. Which do I use?

thanks!

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Dave

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Just use getmac /v <—— the /v means Verbose

add the /fo list

getmac /v /fo list

Connection Name: Wi-Fi

Network Adapter: Intel(R) Wireless-N 7260
Physical Address: 0C-8B-4D-65-58-63
Transport Name: \Device\Tcpip_{6C794E1E-AA8D-4D22-8947-7C8F491B9519}

Connection Name: Ethernet

Network Adapter: Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Physical Address: 08-9E-01-EB-44-67
Transport Name: Media disconnected

Connection Name: Bluetooth Network Connection

Network Adapter: Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
Physical Address: 0C-8B-F5-65-58-6D
Transport Name: Media disconnected

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Ali

That’s not helpful :( ! because it does not specify which mac goes to which device. e.g. mine
shows 7 devices while i want to know lan’s

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admin

ipconfig /all helps to identify the mac address for each device.

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Ali

that’s great! thank you

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Nonso

How do i use arp -a to determine a duplicate ip

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rajvir

Can u ppl please confirm till how much time the MAc address with Ip will be present in the
routing table of system ?

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mk

Thanks a lot

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Dexter

I have a question. What does the Transport Name really mean, its use? Is it unique and two
devices can never have same Transport Name? Can it be spoofed?

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Rajkumar Swami

I have mac address of device. How to get IP address of a device based on mac address?
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Jang

how to know the mac address of my neighbors’ wifi? please help

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Krix

How do you get the mac address of your own computer from the cmd

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Will

Hi can i ask when i type in the command arp -a :

So it shows the physical address, internet address n the type

So question is 1. what will be the mac address then?

2. how many mac address(or physical address) were learned and cached in the pc

Hope u can reply to this message asap.

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AFF

Hi, is there any way to get a mac address of an ethernet device that was previously
connected to my computer?? The device that I’m trying to find is a Mikrotik that was stolen
from my roof…

Thanx in advance!!

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