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Can one computer have two mac addresses?

I hope this was the right place to post this, sorry if this is not the case. In addition, I know almost nothing about networks. I am trying to allocate bandwidth for different devices on my Linksys E1200 router. When I check the MAC address of my computer, it returns as 74:E5:0B:10:01:04 . I turned off everything in my apartment, except my xbox and laptop, and under the DHCP client table in the settings of my router, I see the xbox along with " Owner-PC " and the MAC address 00:21:6B:10:A8:6E . This is my computer, and if so, why are there different MAC addresses?

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MAC addresses are specific to NICs. Each network interface will have its own MAC address. Thus, a modern computer with Wired Network (LAN Interface) support, as well as other types of network connections such as Wireless Network (WiFi), will obviously have several MAC addresses, one for each network interface.

If your computer connects to the router via WiFi, check the MAC address of your WiFi card. If on Windows just run ipconfig /all on the command line (command line), you can see the MAC address (physical address) for each network interface.

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