If you know the network interface name and want to only show this one, you can specify it in the command line: I can now use it to assign a static IP address to this computer or allow the connection if I have a whitelist system on my network. So, in this example, I know that the MAC address for my wired connection is “00:15:5d:de:19:05”. The other ones are probably useless in most cases. In general, “eth0” will be the wired connection, and “wlan0” the wireless connection. Here is what it looks like on my test virtual machine: Grab your free PDF file with all the commands you need to know on Linux! Find the MAC address with the command line If you are also interested in finding the current IP address on Ubuntu, you can click on the link to read my complete guide. Let’s now learn how to do the same thing from a terminal, or even if you don’t have access to the computer yet. That’s it, that’s pretty quick and easy if you have a desktop interface. It’s indicated as “Hardware address” in this popup, you’ll find it easily.
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