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Querying the hostid on Windows
To find your hostid, you will need to open a command prompt and enter some commands that will return information about your system. To do this, go to Start > Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt.
You should then run:
ipconfig /all
the correct hostid will be the Physical Address of the first Ethernet adapter listed.
Querying the hostid on macOS
To find your hostid, you will need to open a Terminal window and enter some commands that will return information about your system. To do this, open Finder and go to Applications > Utilities > Terminal.
You should then run:
/sbin/ifconfig en0 | grep -i ether
which will output a line that should look like:
ether 78:4f:43:9c:c4:7b
which is the MAC address of the primary ethernet adapter. Remove all of the colons from the value which will result in the correct hostid (in this case 784f439cc47b).
Querying the hostid on Linux
To find your hostid, you will need to open a Terminal window and enter some commands that will return information about your system.
You should then run:
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 | grep -i hwadd
and the string to the right of the HWadd with the colons removed will be the correct hostid.