How to: Locate your Xbox's hardware address


Introduction

From the Xbox Dashboard, go to Settings > Network Settings. Your hardware address will be located in the bottom-right of the screen.

Instructions

To find the hardware address for your Xbox (first generation), please follow the steps below.

1) Turn on your Xbox console with no game disc in the disc tray.

2) From the "Xbox Dashboard", choose Settings.

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3) Choose Network Settings.

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Outcome

Your Xbox's hardware address is the 12 characters next to "MAC=" at the bottom-right corner of the screen.

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NOTE: Valid Xbox hardware address prefixes:

  • 00:0D:3A
  • 00:50:F2
  • 00:19:C5