I am going to be housesitting for my mate, and he has an excripted wifi network set up. He said for me to get access he will need my Mac address.
I thought I would only need his password. But he says he needs it. What would it be? And whee can I find it?
thanks.
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Your friend has his wifi set up only to accept connections from certain specific computers, and he needs to tell it that yours is one of those specific computers.
The MAC address on the Mac is found by choosing "About This Mac.." from the Apple menu, then clicking "More Info", and then when System Profiler opens, click the "Network" item on the left column and read down the list on the right until you see it.
If you have an Airport card, be sure to read off the one for Airport, not the one for ethernet, although it would probably be a good idea to give him both so you can connect whichever way you want.
ifconfig en1
the mac address will be shown to the right of "ether"
I think this is the very first case I've seen of the reverse... someone calling a MAC (Media Access Control) address a Mac address.
It's a dead giveaway for ignorant PC trolls - I don't think true Mac-owning or Mac-interested people would say that.
It's true about the MAC address being called a "mac address" - I don't think I have ever seen that before either. Of course his friend just told him; didn't necessarily write it down, and he thought it was some address specific to the Macintosh.
Now if he would just come back and acknowledge the responses that people gave....
There are more people saying "MAC" than you realize - I edit most of them to the correct "Mac".
It's a dead giveaway for ignorant PC trolls - I don't think true Mac-owning or Mac-interested people would say that.
It's true about the MAC address being called a "mac address" - I don't think I have ever seen that before either. Of course his friend just told him; didn't necessarily write it down, and he thought it was some address specific to the Macintosh.
Now if he would just come back and acknowledge the responses that people gave....
Not to make a big deal about all of this but I never really understood the importance of all of this? I suppose if it makes it easy for you to identify trolls then I get that it has a purpose to you as a moderator.
I write many acronyms with all lower case (and just noticed that I did it in my post above) out of laziness for the most part. But I see pci, ide, ram, scsi and many other acronyms in lower case frequently.
But more to the point, what is the deal with MAC vs. Mac vs. mac when referring to my preferred computing platform? I'm definitely not trying to cause a commotion - but I'm genuinely curious as to why it causes such anguish and even venom for some.
If it is used by a person asking an honest question in an honest information-gathering effort to see if he wants to switch, I think nobody will say anything about it, for the most part.
However, if it is followed by anti-Mac or anti-Apple pontifications, or complaints about this or that feature or model or what Apple should or should not do, then it immediately identifies the person as ignorant and anything they say can be guaranteed not to come from experience or serious research.
You've heard all the other crap these "MAC" people spew:
- Macs are "good for graphics"
- "Overpriced"
- "No selection of software in the stores"
- "Will get viruses if marketshare increases"
- "Can't right-click"
- "Bill Gates owns Apple"
- "iTunes is a monopoly"
- "can't upgrade (fill in internal component here)"
ad infinitum.