--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Clicker_Registration.tex 2007/07/05 21:37:31 1.1 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Clicker_Registration.tex 2007/07/07 01:34:29 1.2 @@ -36,3 +36,55 @@ The clicker ID is listed. \caption{Interwrite Step 5} \end{figure} +{\bf Interwrite IR}: the clicker ID (6 digits) is located on a sticker on the back of the device. + +{\bf Interwrite Virtual}: The clicker ID is the Media Access Control address (``MAC address'') of your network card. MAC addresses look like this + +{\tt 01-23-45-67-89-ab} + +or like this + +{\tt 01:23:45:67:89:ab} + +How to locate this depends on your operating system. + +{\it Windows Vista} +\begin{itemize} +\item Click the Start Button and select Start Search. +\item Type {\tt cmd} in the blank box. Hit Enter. +\item In the command prompt window, type {\tt ipconfig /all} +\item Locate the number that goes with the adapter you would use in the lecture hall. +\end{itemize} + +{\it Windows NT / 2000 or XP} +\begin{itemize} +\item After clicking on the Start Button, click on Run. +\item Type {\it command} in the blank box. Click on OK. +\item Once a small black window appears, type in {\tt winipcfg} +\item Locate the number to the right of ``Physical Address.'' +\end{itemize} + +{\it Windows 95/98/ME} +\begin{itemize} +\item After clicking on the Start Button, click on Run. +\item Type in {\tt winipcfg} in the blank box. Click on ``OK.'' +\item Look under the info for the Ethernet adapter you would use in the lecture hall. +\item Locate the number next to ``Adapter Address.'' +\end{itemize} + +{\it Macintosh (OS X)} +\begin{itemize} +\item Under the Apple menu, select "System Preferences". +\item Select the "Network" Pane. +\item Doubleclick on the adapter you are using, for example ``Airport'' or ``Built-in Ethernet'' (use the adapter you would use in the lecture hall). +\item Click on the ``Airport'' or ``Ethernet'' tab, respectively - the number is displayed. +\end{itemize} + +{\it Linux} +In order to find the MAC address of the ethernet device, you must first become root. Then, type {\tt /sbin/ifconfig -a} and look up the relevant info. For example: +\begin{verbatim} +[root@foo bar]# /sbin/ifconfig -a +eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 01:23:45:67:89:AB +... +\end{verbatim} +The number is the HWaddr.