Student IT Site

IT maintains a wireless networking system, by which the Mercer faculty and staff can access the Internet and other select network resources in certain campus areas.

In this section:

Wireless Network Access

All faculty and staff must register their computers with the Information Technology Help Desk in order to use Mercer's wireless network. Please complete the following Wireless Registration Form (below). The registration process will be completed within one business day.

In order to complete the wireless registration process, you will need your computer’s MAC (media access control) address (or AirPort ID for Macintosh systems). A MAC address is a unique identification code assigned to a network card by the manufacturer of the card. The address is 12 characters long, and each character is a number from 0-9 or a letter from A-F. MAC addresses may have colons or dashes separating the address into six pairs of characters (09:00:07:A9:B2:EB or 09-10-4A-B9-E2-A4).

To locate your computer’s MAC address:

For Windows NT, 2000, and XP:

  1. Click Start.
  2. Select Run.
  3. Type cmd.
  4. Press enter.
  5. Type ipconfig /all when the command prompt window appears.
  6. Press enter. Under Ethernet Adapter Wireless Network Connection, you should see a physical address listed, this is the MAC address.
  7. Type exit.
  8. Press enter. The command prompt window will close.

For Windows Vista:

  1. Click Start.
  2. Type command in the Start Search field.
  3. Click on Command Prompt from the list above the Start Search box.
  4. Type ipconfig /all when the command prompt window appears.
  5. Press enter. Under Ethernet Adapter Wireless Network Connection, you should see a physical address listed, this is the MAC address.
  6. Type exit.
  7. Press enter. The command prompt window will close.

For Macintosh machines:

  1. Click on the apple.
  2. Select System Preferences.
  3. Double-click on Network.
  4. Click on the Advanced button in the bottom right-hand corner. The AirPort ID is displayed at the bottom of the window.

Wireless Registration Form

First Name:
Last Name:
Mercer ID # (MUID):
8 digit number on ID card
Campus Address:
Telephone Number:
MAC Address:
User Type:




Mercer University
(478) 301-2922 . (678) 547-6310
helpdesk@mercer.edu