How to: Find the hardware address for a network adapter on your iPhone


Introduction

You may look up the hardware address on your iPhone using the instructions below.

NOTE: Apple's mobile devices use private hardware addresses. Two sets of instructions are provided below—one for looking up the actual hardware address (the one stored in the network adapter's firmware/ROM) and another for looking up the private hardware address (the one that is dynamically generated by the operating system on a per-network basis).

Instructions

Jump to: B: Look up the private hardware address

A: Look up the true hardware address

  1. Open the Settings app.

    iPhone home screen with settings app icon highlighted

  2. Tap General.

    iPhone settings page with general tab button highlighted

  3. Tap About.

    in general tab with about tab button highlighted

Outcome

The hardware address is located next to the words "Wi-Fi Address".

in about tab with Wi-Fi Address field highlighted

B: Look up the private hardware address

TIP: This address is different for each Wi-Fi network you've joined and may even change for the same network. Visit Apple's support website at https://support.apple.com/en-us/102509 for more details.

  1. Open the Settings app.

    iPhone home screen with settings app icon highlighted

  2. Tap Wi-Fi.

    iPhone settings page with Wi-Fi tab button highlighted

  3. Ensure that the switch next to "Wi-Fi" is enabled (that is, slid to the right).

    Wi-Fi tab with arrow on the slide button for Wi-Fi

  4. Next to the Wi-Fi network to which your device is connected, tap the information icon (circle with an "i" in the middle).

    in same tab with the information icon next to network iPhone settings page with general tab button highlighted

Outcome

The private hardware address is located next to the words "Wi-Fi Address".

in network tab with Wi-Fi address field highlighted