i can find the MAC address of my machine with command ipconfig /all
on command prompt. Everywhere on net says physical address is MAC address. Here is the result of command ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : XXXX
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : XXXX
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : XXXX
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : XXXX
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : XXXX
Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : XXXX
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : XXXX
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : XXXX
Tunnel adapter isatap.{08DA9659-BD5D-4AE2-901A-3D7C7C3ACD7C}:
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : XXXX
Tunnel adapter isatap.{B1F117B0-4FE3-4603-AF2E-DB0A97EB73A1}:
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : XXXX
Tunnel adapter iphttpsinterface:
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : XXXX
Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : XXXX
Tunnel adapter isatap.int.cpaglobal.net:
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : XXXX
In result i can find many entries with name Physical Address. Which one actually represent my machine mac address? My understanding is MAC address is unique for a computer whether we are connected on LAN/WLAN or not connected at all?