Microsoft XBox: How to find your Wireless MAC Address

  1. Turn on your Xbox game console with no game disk in the drive tray.
  2. From the Xbox Dashboard, choose Xbox Live.
  3. Your Xbox should display a message saying something like “A network connection could not be created”.
  4. Press A to continue. The Connect Status screen will be displayed.
  5. Choose the Settings option, and then go to the Network Settings screen.
  6. Your Xbox MAC Address is displayed at the bottom right of the screen, and looks like this example: MAC=00:11:22:33:44:55. This is the address you will need to register.
Nintendo Wii: How to find your Wireless MAC Address

Nintendo Wii: How to find your Wireless MAC Address

  1. From the Wii U Menu, select “System Settings.”
  2. Using the Left Stick select the “Internet” icon and press the A Button.
  3. Select “View MAC Address” and wait a moment for the MAC address to be displayed.
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When you are finished, tap “Back.”

Additional Information

The following ports are required to be opened for the Wii to work properly:

  • Nintendo Wii 28910 (TCP)
  • Nintendo Wii 29900 (TCP)
  • Nintendo Wii 29901 (TCP)
  • Nintendo Wii 29920 (TCP)
  • Nintendo HTTP 80 (TCP)
  • Nintendo HTTPS 443 (TCP)

Depending on the network settings at your property, the ports listed above may be blocked, therefore resulting in your Wii to not function correctly.

Apple TV: How to find your Wireless MAC address

Apple TV: How to find your Wireless MAC address

  1. Go to the main menu on your Apple TV, and select “Settings.”
  2. In the Settings Menu, select “About.”
  3. Here you can find your Wireless ID (WiFi MAC Address).

Alternative Method for Locating the Wireless MAC Address

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The Apple TV Wireless network MAC address can be found on the UPC label on the Apple TV box as “Wireless ID.” (This is also the same label that contains the serial number.)

Roku: How to find your Wireless MAC Address

Roku: How to find your Wireless MAC Address

To find your Roku’s MAC address, you will need to follow the instructions from the official Roku website:

  1. You can find your device MAC addresses on the bottom or back on your Roku player (depending upon model).
  2. You need the WiFi/Wireless MAC Address to connect to our WiFi network.
  3. Alternatively, from the Roku home screen, select Settings> About. The MAC addresses will be listed on-screen.
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Play Station 4: How to find your Wireless MAC Address

Play Station 4: How to find your Wireless MAC Address

The Sony PS4 offers both a WiFi option and a wired ethernet port. Some gamers like to have a very secure network and in turn may use MAC address filtering as an extra layer of security. In order to add the MAC address of the PS4’s WiFi or ethernet ports to our router, we will need find out how to access where that information is stored on our PS4.

In many network configurations, you will need to know the MAC address of our console. Follow these steps through the XMB on the PS4 to find this value.

  1. On the XMB, arrow up to the very top until we see the XMB Menus.
  2. 2. Scroll over to the right to Settings.
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3. Go down to Network.

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4. Then down to View Connection Status.

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5. From this area, we can get the WiFi and Ethernet MAC Address.