Using UCInet Mobile Access requires registration of your hardware or MAC address. If you are using Manual Registration, you will need to locate the MAC address of your wireless device. Use the directions below to locate your MAC address.
In addition to adding a list of authorized MAC addresses to the individual APs that make up your wireless network, you can centrally maintain a list of authorized MAC addresses via a RADIUS server. Because many operating systems allow you to locally set your MAC address on your network card, this security is only light security — like WEP. There is an easy and better way. Just log on to router's administrative panel (usually 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1)log in with the administrative username and password (usually admin admin); look for a tab named or starting with or containing Interface, go to Local Area Network or LAN from there and you'll see a DHCP Clients Table.; This table identifies all devices connected to the router. A MAC address is essential in order for your device to interact with other local network devices. When your device detects a router, its sends out its MAC address to initiate a connection.
What is a MAC address?
A MAC (Media Access Control) address is the hardware address of the Network Interface Card (NIC) of your computer. You must have it on hand to register for the UCInet Mobile Access network and campus-wide DHCP services. This Web page will help you locate and identify it so you may register your Network Interface Card (or cards) for the network.
Finding Your MAC Address
Windows
Windows (two methods)
Method 1:
- Click Start and in the Search Programs and Files box type ncpa.cpl and then push Enter on your keyboard.
- The Network Connections window will appear. Double-click on either Local Area Connection icon (if you are trying to register your Ethernet/wired connection) or Wireless Network Connection.
- In the window that appears, click Details… and in the subsequent window you’ll see the Physical Address field: that is your MAC address.
Method 2:
- Click Start then Run (in Windows 7, Start and type in the Search Programs and Files box.)
- Enter: cmd
- Enter: ipconfig /all
If the output scrolls off your screen, and it will on Vista and Windows 7, use: ipconfig /all | more - The Physical Address is your MAC address; it will look like 00-15-E9-2B-99-3C. You will have a physical address for each network connection that you have.
Mac OS
Mac OS
- Click on the Apple menu then System Preferences then Network
- MAC address for wireless connections:
- Select AirPortor Wi-Fi from the list on the left.
- Click the Advanced button.
- On the AirPort or Wi-Fi tab, the AirPort ID or Wi-Fi Address is your MAC address.
Linux
Linux
Mac Addresses On Network
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- Become root, using su.
- Enter: ifconfig -a
- The ethernet devices are called eth0, eth1, and so on The MAC address is in the first line of the output, labeled HWaddr, it is 00:09:3D:12:33:33.
Mobile - iOS, Android, Kindle
iOS
- From the Home menu, tap on Settings.
- Tap on General
- Tap on About
- Scroll down to Wi-Fi Address and write down the address. This is your MAC address.
iOS 14+
There is a new setting in iOS 14 that may change which address our network verifies for registration. If you have updated to this version, you may need to go through the following steps instead.
- From the Home menu, tap on Settings.
- Tap on Wi-Fi
- Tap on the Information Icon next to UCInet Mobile Address or ResNet Mobile Access
- Scroll down to Wi-Fi Address and write down the address. This is the MAC address associated with this particular network. Note that each network will have a unique address associated with it. As such, if both campus networks are used then both addresses would need to be registered.
Android
- Go to Settings->Wireless Controls->Wi-Fi settings.
- Tap the 3 dots on the top right corner.
- Tap Advanced.
- Swipe all the way down to the bottom, and you will see both the IP and MAC address.
Kindle
- From the Home screen press Menu
- Select Settings
- The Wi-Fi MAC Address is located toward the bottom of the screen in the Device Info section.
In order to communicate or transfer the data from one computer to another computer we need some address. In Computer Network various types of address are introduced; each works at different layer. Media Access Control Address is a physical address which works at Data Link Layer. In this article, we will discuss about addressing in DLL, which is MAC Address.
Media Access Control (MAC) Address –
MAC Addresses are unique 48-bits hardware number of a computer, which is embedded into network card (known as Network Interface Card) during the time of manufacturing. MAC Address is also known as Physical Address of a network device. In IEEE 802 standard, Data Link Layer is divided into two sublayers –
- Logical Link Control(LLC) Sublayer
- Media Access Control(MAC) Sublayer
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