for windows 95, 98, and me:
1. click on start and run. in the open field, enter winipcfg. then press the enter key or the ok button.
2. when the ip configuration window appears, select the ethernet adapter you are using to connect to the router via a cat 5 ethernet cable.
3. write down the physical address as shown on your computer screen; it is the mac address for your ethernet adapter. this will appear as a series of letters and numbers.
the mac address/physical address is what you will use for mac address cloning or mac filtering.
the example in figure g-5 shows the ip address of your ethernet adapter as 192.168.1.100. your computer may show something different.
the mac address is also called the physical address.
for windows nt, 2000, and xp:
the following steps show an alternative way of obtaining the mac address and ip address for your ethernet adapter.
1. click on start and run. in the open field, enter cmd. press the enter key or click the ok button.
2. in the command prompt, enter ipconfig /all. then press the enter key.
3. write down the adapter address as shown on your computer screen (see figure g-3). this is the mac address for your ethernet adapter and will be shown as a series of numbers and letters.
the mac address/adapter address is what you will use for mac address cloning or mac filtering.
the mac address is also called the adapter address.
the example in figure g-3 shows the ip address of your ethernet adapter as 192.168.1.100. your compu0ter may show something different.
when entering the information using the router's web-based utility, you will type the 12-digit mac address in this format, xxxxxxxxxxxx without the hyphens for mac filtering. see figure g-6.
when entering information for mac address cloning, type the 12-digit mac address (see figure g-7).
