How to show or Display MAC address in Linux Operating system

MAC (Media Access Control) is a unique Hardware address of any networking device such as: LAN card, Mobile Phone, switches & router etc. It is 48 bit address and it look like 00:40:F4:EE:00:CA .

This tutorial will help you to find out MAC address of any networking device. There are many way to find out MAC address.

Using ifconfig command

Here I am highlighting MAC address in screenshot .

# ifconfig

Or,

# ifconfig eth0
Or,
#ifconfig eht1

Use “arp” command to find out MAC address devices which are available in Local Area Network

# arp –n

# arp –a

 

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