Search for a device by mac address terminal

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Link/ether YYYYYYYYYYYY brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Link/ether XXXXXXXXXXXX brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ffģ: wlp2s0: mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 Launch Terminal and enter the ip link command: ip link showĮxample Output: 1: lo: mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000Ģ: enp1s0: mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 Every PC’s network device should have a unique MAC address. MAC address is another critical parameter of a network device, including your PC’s hardware or a server. Typically, eth0 is for Ethernet connection, and wlp2s0 for Wireless connection.įor example, use eth0 : ip addr show eth0 Finding the MAC Address of the Linux System Inet6 1:2:00:33:333/64 scope global mngtmpaddr noprefixroute dynamic Valid_lft 548176sec preferred_lft 61403sec Inet6 AB:AD:AK:AI/64 scope global temporary dynamic

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Valid_lft 61791sec preferred_lft 61791sec

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Sample Output: 1: lo: mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000