MAC for wireless/wired ethernet ??

[awallin]

Hi, just got my T60 (2007-FUG), I need to report a MAC address to the IT department in order to get access to our network.

using device manager and/or ipconfig /all I see only one network adapter and one MAC address listed.
is the MAC same for WLAN and wired ethernet ?

[Lusmu]

using device manager and/or ipconfig /all I see only one network adapter and one MAC address listed.
is the MAC same for WLAN and wired ethernet ?

Moi!

Are you sure you don't see the MAC addresses for your wireless and ethernet? Are you connected to a network?

ipconfig /all gives me the ethernet MAC under "Ethernet adapter Wired Network Connection" and "Physical Address",

and a bit further down I get the wireless network connection.

MAC address is different for both devices. You might also have a MAC address for your Bluetooth-connection and any virtual adapter you have on your laptop.

[tpribors]

There are MAC address labels on the back of the machine near the serial number label.

[awallin]

thanks for the comments,

indeed I can see two different MACs on the stickers on the bottom of the machine.

however ipconfig /all still gives me only the wireless adapter, and now also a VPN adapter with it's own MAC (different from both the wifi and the ethernet printed on the stickers)


I first booted up the machine without network, so in the initial windows setup I just said 'skip' to the network setup.
So there's probably a driver for the network I need to pick up from somewhere ?

[awallin]

problem now solved.

turns out I was running in a battery saving mode which switches off the network card whenever it's not needed.

So I needed to plug in an ethernet cable - then the ethernet adapter becomes visible in control panel and also with ipconfig.