Finding a physical address in Linux

From ctowiki

1. Open a terminal
2. When prompted type

    ifconfig -a | grep HW

("HW" MUST BE CAPITALIZED)

• NOTE - the "|" key is located on the "\" key and used with shift (shift+\)
• NOTE - customer will need to be logged in as root for this to work

1. The 12 digit hexadecimal number separated by dashes located to the right of "HWaddr" is the computer's MAC address.

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