MAC address in Powermac with OS 8.1

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disker - 12 Oct 2004 21:00 GMT

Hi,
I'm trying to add my mac to a network with a router using MAC
filtering so I need the MAC address for it but have no idea where to
find it listed. I'd appreciate someone pointing me in the right
direction. This is an older MAC running OS 8.1 and I'm pretty
unfamiliar with Macs.

Thanks :?

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Clark Martin - 13 Oct 2004 04:24 GMT

> Hi,
> I'm trying to add my mac to a network with a router using MAC
> filtering so I need the MAC address for it but have no idea where to
> find it listed. I'd appreciate someone pointing me in the right
> direction. This is an older MAC running OS 8.1 and I'm pretty
> unfamiliar with Macs.

Two ways.

Turn off the filtering on the router, connect to it with the computer
then look in the router's log, the MAC address should be there. This is
a general method that will work with any device, provided the router
logs the MAC address and you can determine which is which.

The other way is to open the TCP/IP control panel on the computer, press
Apple-U, select Advanced Mode, say Okay then click on Info, wala. Make
sure you have the Interface you are interested in selected in the
control panel.

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MAC address in Powermac with OS 8.1