Dial HP Support Phone Number to Find a Printer's MAC Address


Most of the security appliances and routers allow administrators to restrict access to a local area network via media access control authentication or MAC address filtering. This feature usually prevents unauthorized devices from logging on to the network. If the MAC address of the device is not allowed through the filter, the appliance blocks the device from the LAN. In order to connect your printer to your network you need to know its MAC Address to perform administrative changes. Usually, you can find the address from the address resolution protocol. To know more about this in detail either you can dial HP Support Phone Number and take help from experts or follow the below mentioned steps. Finding the MAC address of a printer might be a little more difficult, so you should take the expert’s help to get it done properly.  


Steps to find MAC address of a Network-Connected Printer
  • Press Windows and X keys simultaneously and choose Command prompt (Admin) from the appeared menu.
  • You will see command prompt open.
  • In this command prompt window enter the printer’s IP address started with “ping”. For example, ping192.168.1.12 and then hit enter button.
  • After that, you need to write “arp-a” into the CMD and then again hit enter button.
  • Now, from the table of printer locate its IP address.
  • Here, you need to review the information under the physical address field to find the printer’s MAC address.
We hope that after pursuing these steps, you will be able to find MAC address of your printer. If you are using a new printer and wanted to find its MAC address, then you have to go after the below mentioned steps.

Method to find MAC address on a New Printer
  • Look at the back and bottom side of the device for a product sticker.
  • Check any label that has a 12 digit address code.
  • Go to the settings page on the control panel of the printer to locate an option to print a configuration page.
  • You can find the MAC address in one of the followings, network setup, report settings, print setup, self test or a similar menu.
If you are still unable to find the address even after following the above steps, then you should review the manual that came with the printer for instructions to locate the MAC address. You can also put a call on HP Support Phone Number and take advice from ingenious technicians about how to find a printer's MAC address.

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