Those are actuall called MAC addresses (Machine Address Code) and are not really
serial numbers, but (supposed to be) a unique
number that your network card goes by. If a network card is changed out, the number
stays with the actual card, not the computer
system.
You can get it off of a linux system with "ifconfig" or "ifconfig eth0" (assuming eth0
is the network interface you're wanting,
if there are more, so them separate for eth1 and eth2, etc.).
You can also ping a host by it's IP and then do an "arp -a" will show hosts that have
been pinged and the IP/hostname associated
with their MAC address.
Hope this helps,
JR
Peter Howell Jr wrote:
> My network admin has asked my to got the hardware numbers for all the
>computer is my lab. He showed me how it's done
> on windoze: you execute the command winipcfg. The number you get looks something
>like
>
> 00.00.53.BA.A3.7D
>
> ie. a set of six, two digit hexadecimal numbers. Does anyone know where/how I get
>this number off my two linux boxes?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Peter
>
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