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Step-by-step guide for Windows Systems

Generic for all Windows (command line)

  1. From the keyboard, hit the "Windows Key" from the keyboard (close to the space bar) and the letter "R" (Windows + R)
  2. Once the Execute window, type "cmd"
  3. Once the black "cmd" window is open, type : "getmac /v /fo list"
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Windows 7 and 8

  1. Click on the "Start Menu"/Hit the windows Key
  2. Click on "Control Panel" (on the right column of the menu)
  3. Go to "Network and Sharing Center"
  4. Click the link "View Local Area Connection Status" by the connection you want to examine (right of the window)
  5. Click on Details and Locate the item labeled Physical Address, which is the MAC Address number

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  1. Open the "Settings app"
  2. Go to Network & Internet
    1. Click on WiFi if you want the mac address from a wireless card
    2. Click on Ethernet if you want the mac address from a wired card
  3. Click on the network name to see its properties.
  4. On the next page, you will find the line Physical address(MAC).

Generic for all Windows (command line)

  1. Hit the "Windows Key" from the keyboard (close to the space bar) and the letter "R" (i.e. Windows + R)
  2. Once the Execute window, type "cmd"
  3. Once the black "cmd" window is open, type : "getmac /v /fo list"

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titleWINDOWS EXCEPTION

Windows XP and Vista

Due to SEVERE security issues that are no longer being fixed, Windows XP and Vista systems are not allowed in any Harvard network. If you have one, please disconnect it immediately and contact us.

The presence of this systems endanger all other systems on the network along with the Harvard intellectual property on them.

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Step-by-step guide for Mac OS Systems

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