HowTo: Find Out Router Mac Address

To find out the MAC address of a router, you can log into the router's web-based configuration page and check the network settings.

To do this, follow these steps:

1. Connect to your router's Wi-Fi network or connect a device to one of the router's LAN ports using an Ethernet cable.

2. Open a web browser and enter the router's IP address in the address bar. The IP address of the router is usually listed in the documentation that came with the router or on the bottom or back of the router itself.

3. Enter the router's login credentials when prompted. The login credentials are usually listed in the documentation that came with the router or on the bottom or back of the router itself.

4. Navigate to the network settings page or the status page. This page may be labeled differently depending on your router, but it should be located under a menu such as "Network," "LAN," "Internet," or "WAN."

5. On the network settings page or the status page, look for a field labeled "MAC address," "Ethernet MAC address," or "Physical address." This field should contain the MAC address of the router.

The MAC address of the router is a unique identification number assigned to the router's network interface. It is typically formatted as a series of 12 hexadecimal digits, separated by colons or hyphens, such as 00:11:22:33:44:55.

If you are unable to access the router's web-based configuration page, you can use the ifconfig command to find out the MAC address of the router's network interface. The syntax is as follows:

ifconfig

This will display information about the network interfaces on your system, including the MAC address.

For example, the output might look something like this:

eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.1.100  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.1.255
        ether 00:11:22:33:44:55  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 511  bytes 67420 (65.9 KiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX