MAC Address Overview
When registering a device to the OCUunsecure wireless network, you will need to identify that devices MAC address for its wireless network card.听 The MAC address (also sometimes called the Hardware Address, Physical Address, Ethernet address, Network Interface Card Address) is a unique identifier made up of 12 numeric digits and alphabetic letters assigned to a network device and is often seen in the format xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx or xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx.听 For the purpose of registering your device, you only need the 12 characters and not the hyphens or colons that separate them.
Finding a MAC Address
Every wireless device will have its own method to allow you to identify its MAC address.听 Below are a few of the common devices you may be registering on OCUunsecure.听 If you do not find your device listed below or find these instructions are inaccurate, please consult the user's manual of your device.
- Kindle
- The WiFi MAC Address will be listed in the聽Device Info听蝉别肠迟颈辞苍
- Go to聽Settings
- From the home screen, press聽Menu
- Nook
- 厂别濒别肠迟听Settings
- Go to the Main Screen
- Chromebook
- Look for聽wlan0聽and find聽Ethernet HWaddr
- Look for聽ifconfig聽and click聽Expand聽next to it
- Open a browser window and enter聽chrome://system聽in the address bar
- Microsoft Xbox 360
- 厂别濒别肠迟听Alternate Mac Address
- Under the聽Additional Settings聽tab, select聽Advanced Settings
- 厂别濒别肠迟听System Settings > Network Settings > Configure Network
- Go to the聽My Xbox聽tab on your dashboard
- Microsoft Xbox One
- 厂别濒别肠迟听Settings > Network > Advanced Settings
- Press the聽Menu聽button on your controller
- Nintendo Wii
- Select the聽Wii聽button in the lower left
- 厂别濒别肠迟听Internet > Console Information
- Select the right arrow to advance the settings until you see聽Internet.听
- 厂别濒别肠迟听Wii Settings
- Nintendo Wii U
- 厂别濒别肠迟听Internet > View MAC Address
- 厂别濒别肠迟听System Settings聽from the聽Wii U Menu
- Sony PlayStation 3
- 厂别濒别肠迟听Settings > Network Settings > Settings and Connection Status List
- Sony PlayStation 4
- 厂别濒别肠迟听Settings > Network > View Connection Status
- Show the XMB menu
