![]() In some cases, if your computer directly connected to a modem, its MAC address was used to identify it to your Internet Service Provider. However, it's possible the access point already "forgot" your laptop, and it won't show it anymore. This is because your laptop's MAC address is used as a unique identifier to tell the access point which IP address to assign. If you've ever connected to a WiFi access point, you might be able to find your MAC address in its logs (or DHCP lease table) accessible through the access point's configuration website. Apart from that, it'll be hard to find it elsewhere, although there are some possibilities. If you can find it somewhere in your documentation that came with the laptop, then you're lucky. ![]() ![]() It's not a unique identifier for various reasons (also explained in other answers here), but if you're lucky, you can trace back the laptop if it's ever found again. It belongs to your network adapter and is used by the MAC sublayer to identify your computer on a network. ![]()
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