Find a host name and ID on Windows, macOS, or Linux
| Audience | Administrator |
Find host name and host ID with LMTOOLS on Windows
- While logged in with Administrator rights on a local computer, click .
- In the LMTOOLS utility, click the Systems Settings tab.
- Locate the Computer/Hostname box. This box contains the host name.
- Locate the Ethernet Address box. The 12-character address is the host ID, also called the MAC address.
- Close LMTOOLS.
Note: If your server has more than one Ethernet adapter, select one that corresponds to a physical network adapter.
Find host name and host ID from Windows command prompt
- Launch Windows Command Prompt.
- Enter
ipconfig /all.
A long list of configuration data appears on the screen.
- From the Windows IP Configuration section, record the host name.
- From the Ethernet Adapter Local Area Connection section, enter the physical address, but eliminate the dashes. This is your 12-character host ID or MAC address.
- Close Windows Command Prompt.
Note: If your server has more than one network adapter, select the one that corresponds to a physical network adapter. View the Description field above each physical address. If there is more than one physical network adapter, it does not matter which one you use. Devices such as VPN adapters, PPP adapters, wireless or Bluetooth devices are not valid.
Find host name and host ID on macOS or Linux
- Launch a Terminal window.
- Go to the folder where lmutil is installed.
- Retrieve the host name by entering the following in Terminal:
<prompt>./lmutil lmhostid -hostname
- Retrieve the host ID (MAC address) by entering the following in Terminal:
./lmutil lmhostid