MITE: REQUEST FOR WIRELESS MAC ADDRESS

The system administrator of MITE  Mr Subramanyan Anand has requested all students to submit the MAC ADDRESS of their personal laptops to their respective class representatives for the activation of WIFI in the MITE campus.

WHAT EXACTLY IS MAC ADDRESS.....?

MAC ADDRESS  is nothing but THE PHYSICAL ADDRESS  of the network hardware component  of your system. In computer networking, a Media Access Control address (MAC address)physical address is a quasi-unique identifier assigned to most network adapters or network interface cards (NICs) by the manufacturer for identification. it is unique for a particular system and it cannot be changed unless the hardware itself is changed. 

WHY IS IT REQUIRED?

By submiting MAC ADDRESS a student gets registered to the college`s WIFI access point and then can use internet , without which the laptop fails to register itself to the NETWoRK of the college.Since MAC ADDRESS is unique the ADMINISTRATOR can trace  all happenings in the network. It is a safety measure and also secures the college WIFI network from outsiders.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Class representatives should take care while noting down the MAC ADDRESS of the laptops

STEP 1: go to RUN type CMD

STEP2: IN CMD type IPCONFIG/ALL

STEP3: many physical address will be displayed BUT ONLY THE WIRELESS PHYSICAL ADDRESS IS REQUIRED

STEP4: CROSS VERIFY THE MAC ADDRESS AFTER NOTING DOWN

FORMAT in which it has to be submitted:

name of the student/usn                      physical address(MAC address) 

                          

1) mr xyzzy                                                              XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX                           ..                   

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