Stanford University Residential Computing

A department of Academic Computing, Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources

For Students : Services: In-Room Network Connections: Finding Your Hardware Ethernet Address: MacOS X

You must register your computer's hardware address before your computer can communicate over SUNet. Note that laptops with wireless capabilities will have TWO hardware addresses, one for the wired connection, and one for the wireless connection.

  1. Open System Preferences, and select Network.

  2. Next to Show, select Built-in Ethernet from the dropdown box. Click on the Ethernet tab, and your ethernet (main) hardware address will be displayed as the Ethernet ID.

  3. If you have wireless, next to Show, select Airport from the dropdown box. Under the Airport tab, your wireless hardware address will be displayed as the Airport ID.

Quick links

> Begin the registration process
> Update/Reconnect your registration
> Disconnect your registration

Student Services

> In-Room Network Connections
> Printing
> Clusters

Student Resources

> Information for New Students
> ResComp News
> Frequently Asked Questions

Questions? Problems?

If you have any questions about the registration process, your in-room network connection, or other computer-related issues, please contact your Resident Computer Consultant (RCC).