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How to find the MAC address of your chosen license server

Having chosen a suitable server in your network for the Fotoware License server, Fotoware needs the MAC address of your server to generate the license files. Here's how to find it.

Finding the MAC address of your server

  1. Start by opening the Windows command prompt.
  2. Enter the following and press Enter:
​ipconfig /all 
  1. Locate the entry for the server's Ethernet card in the list of available interfaces:

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : yourdomain.net
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 3C-97-9E-G7-E8-ED
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe70::75e2:cb8b:bde9:5141%3(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.15(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 5. januar 2015 08:04:03
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 13. januar 2015 08:03:46
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 255628079
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-19-EE-0D-00-3C-97-0E-A7-08-ED

The Physical Address in line 4 above is the ID Fotoware needs to be able to create the license file that you need for the license server. Send that information to us to allow us to generate the license file.

Additional information

Setting up a Fotoware License Server