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| author | Fedja Beader <fedja@protonmail.ch> | 2018-10-26 16:47:00 +0200 |
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| committer | Fedja Beader <fedja@protonmail.ch> | 2018-11-02 14:14:59 +0100 |
| commit | 8461b3b7aff238a9f204f6df754076d26b661812 (patch) | |
| tree | dec5f3fe44d691c91ca3887a55e59e9ad3c6204a /docs | |
| parent | 050a5d10e810321b7999961030c5c8e09ae9bba2 (diff) | |
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Reword the section on obtaining the MAC address and remove unnecessary
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diff --git a/docs/hardware/mac_address.md b/docs/hardware/mac_address.md index 43ca1d2b..3bb966bb 100644 --- a/docs/hardware/mac_address.md +++ b/docs/hardware/mac_address.md @@ -29,16 +29,7 @@ Obtaining the existing MAC address The existing MAC address may be obtained by the following methods: -1. Read the white label on the bottom of the case. Note that this will only - produce the correct address, if your motherboard has never been replaced. - Examples: - -  -  -  -  - -2. Run `ip link` or `ifconfig` in a terminal/console/shell; +1. Run `ip link` or `ifconfig` in a terminal/console/shell; look for your ethernet device (e.g., **enpXXX** in Arch-based distributions, or **eth0** in Debian-based distributions), and look for a set of colon-delimited hexadecimal (base 16) digits: @@ -55,6 +46,14 @@ The existing MAC address may be obtained by the following methods: `... ether ??:??:??:??:??:?? txqueuelen ...` +2. Otherwise you can read the white label that is often found on the + motherboard under the memory sticks: +  + +3. The MAC address is usually listed on the laptop chassis as well. This one + will be incorrect if the motherboard was changed and the stickers were not + updated. + Changing the MAC address in the operating system ================================================ |