The command shell in Windows can be used to find your IP, refresh your IP or to find your MAC address.
NOTE: SEE THE ARTICLE ON INTERPRETING IP ADDRESSES ON THE UVM NETWORK TO DETERMINE WHAT THE IP MAY INDICATE.
Windows 7 users can also get their IP and MAC address through the Control Panel; instructions can be found here.
Instructions to launch the command shell
1. Press start and type “cmd” in the search box, cmd.exe should appear in the list.
2. Right click on the icon and select “Run as administrator”. You may be faced with a User Control Window, if so simply click “OK”.
3. The black Command Shell window will appear. Type “ipconfig” and hit enter.
4. You will be given information, in this case I am connected to the UVM network with a 132.198 IP address.
5. Sometimes you may need to refresh the connection if you should have one but do not. To do this type in “ipconfig /release” and hit Enter
6. This will give a display to show that all connections have been cut. If there was no connection to begin with, it may say something to that effect.
7. To reconnect to the network, type: “ipconfig /renew” and hit Enter.
8. If all is successful, you will get a valid IP address and be shown the connection.
9. If a MAC address is required, the ipconfig /all command can be used.
10. This will bring up a list of network adapters and the corresponding MAC/Physical Address.Below the wireless and wired MAC addresses are
highlighted.
