The command to get the mac address in PowerShell is getmac, Get-WmiObject, or Get-CimInstance. These commands find the mac address on the local and remote computers.
The Get-WmiObject cmdlet in PowerShell uses the win32_networkadapterconfiguration to retrieve the mac address using the macaddress property.
The Get-CmiObject cmdlet in PowerShell is also used to find the mac address. This command uses the win32_networkadapterconfiguration to get the mac address of the adapters.
In this article, we will discuss how to find the mac address using the PowerShell command.
How to Get Mac Address using PowerShell
Use the command-line getmac to get the mac address of the adapters.
getmac
In the above PowerShell script, the command getmac retrieves the mac address for the adapters on the local computer.
The output of the above PowerShell script to obtain the mac address using getmac is:
To get the macaddress of the remote computer, use the switch \s computername with the getmac.exe command.
getmac /s CORP-EU-101
The above command will get macaddress on the remote computer.
Find Mac Address on Computer using Get-WmiObject
Use the command Get-WmiObject to get the mac address on a local and remote computer in PowerShell. This command uses the Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration class to get adapters and uses the MacAddress property to get the mac address.
# Get mac address on local computer Get-WmiObject win32_networkadapterconfiguration -Filter "IPEnabled='True'" | select description, macaddress
In the above PowerShell script, the Get-WmiObject cmdlet uses the class win32_networkadapterconfiguration to get the network adapter configuration. This command uses the Filter parameter to get only IPEnabled =True adapters and their macaddress.
The output of the above PowerShell script to retrieve the mac address on the local computer is:
To get the mac address of the remote computer network adapters, use the Get-WmiObject cmdlet with its ComputerName parameter.
Get-WmiObject win32_networkadapterconfiguration -Filter "IPEnabled='True'" -ComputerName "CORP-EU-101" | select description, macaddress
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Get Mac Address using PowerShell Get-CimInstance
You can get the mac address from the PowerShell command Get-CimInstance on a local computer as well as a remote computer. This command uses the win32_NetWorkAdapterConfiguration class to get all network adapters and uses the macaddress property to obtain the mac address.
# Get mac address on local computer Get-CimInstance win32_networkadapterconfiguration -Filter "IPEnabled='True'" | select description, macaddress
The output of the above PowerShell script gets the mac address on the local computer.
PS C:\> Get-CimInstance win32_networkadapterconfiguration -Filter "IPEnabled='True'" | select description, macaddress
description macaddress
----------- ----------
Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265 B4-B2-70-D4-A3:A3
Hyper-V Virtual Ethernet Adapter 8D-03-AB-1C-22-65:82
PS C:\> To get the mac address on the remote computer, use the remote computername parameter with the Get-CimInstance cmdlet.
# Find the mac address on the remote computer Get-Ciminstance win32_networkadapterconfiguration -Filter "IPEnabled='True'" -ComputerName "COPR-EU-101" | select description, macaddress
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Conclusion
I hope the above article on how to get a mac address in PowerShell using the getmac.exe, Get-WmiObject, and Get-CmiInstance cmdlets is helpful to you.
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