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Windows 2000 or XP Instructions, Start, Enter, ipconfig /all, D-3: MAC Address/Physical Address

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Wireless-G ADSL Gateway Windows 2000 or XP Instructions 1. Click Start and Run. In the Open field, enter cmd. Press the Enter key or click the OK button. Note: The MAC address is also called the Physical Address. 2. At the command prompt, enter ipconfig /all. Then press the Enter key. 3. Write down the Physical Address as shown on your computer screen (Figure D-3); it is the MAC address for your Ethernet adapter. This appears as a series of numbers and letters. The MAC address/Physical Address is what you will use for MAC filtering. The example in Figure D-3 shows the Ethernet adapters's MAC address as 00-00-00-00-00-00. Your computer will show something different. The example in Figure E-3 shows the Ethernet adapter's IP address as 192.168.1.100. Your computer may show something different. Figure D-3: MAC Address/Physical Address Appendix D: Finding the MAC Address and IP Address for Your Ethernet Adapter 74 Windows 2000 or XP Instructions

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Appendix D: Finding the MAC Address and IP Address for Your Ethernet Adapter
Windows 2000 or XP Instructions
Wireless-G ADSL Gateway
Windows 2000 or XP Instructions
1.
Click
Start
and
Run
. In the
Open
field, enter
cmd
. Press the
Enter
key or click the
OK
button.
2.
At the command prompt, enter
ipconfig /all
. Then press the
Enter
key.
3.
Write down the Physical Address as shown on your computer screen (Figure D-3); it is the MAC address for
your Ethernet adapter. This appears as a series of numbers and letters.
The MAC address/Physical Address is what you will use for MAC filtering. The example in Figure D-3 shows
the Ethernet adapters’s MAC address as 00-00-00-00-00-00. Your computer will show something different.
The example in Figure E-3 shows the Ethernet adapter’s IP address as 192.168.1.100. Your computer may
show something different.
Figure D-3: MAC Address/Physical Address
Note:
The MAC address is also called the Physical Address.