Media Access Control (MAC) is a unique identifier of a hardware device. MAC for Windows mobile devices is also a unique identification address of your Windows 8 tablet or phone as a part of the network. Most of the network administrators require MAC address of your network device for registering it against your name. Your activities will be monitored with reference to your IP and MAC. But, how will you find MAC address on Windows 8 tablet and phone? It takes just a command to solve this query as shown below.

Finding MAC Address on Windows 8 Tablet or Phone

Launch Start screen from your tablet or Phone.

Type “CMD” in the search file provided.

Windows will search for apps related to “cmd”. You will see Command Prompt in the search results. Open this app and you will see the black console of command prompt.

Here you need to type the command “ipconfig /all” and hit Enter. You must note the space before the forward slash.

You will see information related to your Ethernet adapter of your device. You can find your MAC address in the field against Physical Address.

You can also find your IP listed against IPV4 address.

This information should be forwarded to your network administrator for your registration. You could also use “getmac” command to find MAC address on Windows 8 tablet and phone using Command Prompt.