With these simple steps you can know the MAC address of your Windows computer to identify it on the network

When you have to carry out some formalities, the most normal thing is that they ask you to prove yourself with some type of official document. DNI or driver's license are the most common and if we talk about the virtual environment we have digital certificates or electronic DNI as an example. Different ways of accrediting who we really say we are

But did you know that our computer is also accredited? A system that identifies it on the net and that you have surely heard of. It is the MAC address, the way in which the device is identified and that, as in the case of people, constitutes a certificate of authenticityNo two Mac addresses can be the same or not at least, legally. A number that you can easily know by just following a few steps.

The MAC address is a unique identifier that each manufacturer assigns to the network card of its connected devices, from a computer or mobile phone to routers, printers or other devices. They are made up of 48 bits, almost always represented by 12 digits grouped into six pairs generally separated by a colon or a hyphen.

The MAC address is very important and with it we can, for example, limit the traffic on our network by configuring filtering by MAC address on our router, hence it can always be useful to know it. An identification that usually has a structure XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX in which numbers and letters are combined.

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To find out the MAC address of our Windows computer, simply access the search box in the bottom bar or access theCommand Prompt, for which just type CMD."

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Once inside and with the famous black screen write the command ipconfig/all (without the quotes) so that in the same screen will show us certain information."

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Among those displayed lines we must look for a section with the name of Physical address _et voila_, we already have it, that is the Mac address of our team."

It may be useful at some point and here it serves as an example if we want to perform MAC filtering on our router. In this sense we need to know the MAC addresses of all connected devices (yes, phones, tablets, televisions... have them too) to add them manually and allow them to access our network.

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