How to Guides - Locate the Adapter Address - Macintosh (not OS X)

1. At the Macintosh desktop, click on the icon at the upper left hand corner of the screen.

2. When the menu pops up, click on the icon labeled Control Panels.

3. When the Control Panels window opens, look for an icon labeled TCP/IP. If you are currently viewing the control panels in a view other than Large Icons, you won't see this icon, and at that point just look for the label TCP/IP.

4. When you find the icon, double-click on it to open it. You should see the following screen, or something similar:

5. Choose Get Info from the File menu to show the TCP/IP Info window.

6. The 12-digit alphanumeric address is displayed in the Addresses section, in the field labeled Hardware address (in this example it's 08 00 07 8E C3 29). This is the address that must be reported to Information Systems. You can report it online at http://lis.owu.edu/is/adapter.htm or by completing the Reporting Your Ethernet Adapter Address form and returning it to the Information Systems Office on the first level of the R.W. Corns building.

7. Click OK to close the TCP/IP Info window.

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