It does not need to be connected to a network, but it does need to be powered on.įor this example, we've highlighted in red the "active" adapter best suited for use with a SIMetrix/SIMPLIS evaluation. Please note, however, that if you opt to go with the "Wireless Network Adapter", your WiFi switch (whether hardware or software) must be on in order to use SIMetrix/SIMPLIS. Typically, you would choose either a "Local Area Connection" or a "Wireless Network Adapter" for this purpose. If it shows as Media disconnected, then the adapter is likely not active and is therefore not suitable for use with a SIMetrix/SIMPLIS evaluation license. The column marked "Transport Name" will give some indication as to whether or not the adapter is active.
The MAC address is listed in the column marked "Physical Address". Wireless Networ Microsoft Virtu 00-00-00-00-00-04 Media disconnected
Local Area Conn TAP-Win32 Adapt 00-00-00-00-00-01 Media disconnectedīluetooth Netwo Bluetooth Devic 00-00-00-00-00-02 Media disconnected You should see something like the following: C:\Users\ your username here>getmac /vĬonnection Name Network Adapter Physical Address Transport Name A command prompt window should appear with a title something akin to C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe, and you should see a prompt that looks like the following:Īt the prompt, type getmac /v and hit Enter. Either is fine, click on the first on the list. Under Programs a listing shoud appear for either cmd.exe or Command Prompt. To launch a command prompt, click the Start button and type cmd into the search box.
Both of these are built in to Windows and do not require any separate download, but we'll provide instructions below for the less complicated of the two approaches, getmac.
The physical (MAC) address is an 8 byte number such as 08:00:20:9A:38:34.
For that reason, the MAC address of a machine is required so that it can be properly configured for the engineering network. The MAC address is used to assign the TCP/IP address by means of DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protcol). This is the actual hardware address that the lowest level of the network uses to communicate. Every network interface has a MAC address (Media Access Controller) also known as the physical address.