Knowledge Base: Public
Category: Infrastructure / iOS
4.0-Updated on 2024-01-19 by Destiny Valentine
3.0-Updated on 2024-01-08 by Noah Chang
2.0-Updated on 2023-12-15 by Tobi Paton
1.0-Authored on 2014-04-11 by IET
Question
How do I find the wireless IP address and/or MAC address for my iOS (iPhone/iPad) device?
Overview
The Media Access Control (MAC) address is a unique 12-character identifier (e.g. 00:00:00:00:00:0X) for a specific piece of hardware, such as the network adapter located in WiFi devices. It is unique to your device.
The IP address is your unique network identifier when you’re accessing the Internet here at UC Davis. Unlike the MAC address, which will never change on your device, you might receive a different IP address each time you connect to the network. But for each device that number is unique. (e.g. 192.168.12.137)
Answer
Find your MAC address on an iOS device
- On the Home screen, tap the Settings.
- Scroll down and tap General.
- Tap the first choice, About.
- Scroll down and the MAC address is the Wi-Fi Address.
Find your IP address on an iOS device
- On the Home screen, tap Settings.
- Tap Wi-Fi.
- Tap the information icon (blue i, in a circle)to the right of the network name(eduroam).
- Scroll down to IPv4 Address and the IP Address will be listed as the second entry.
